Okla. Admin. Code § 210:15-3-141

Current through Vol. 42, No. 8, January 2, 2025

Section 210:15-3-141 - Comparisons

(a)Standard: Language Comparisons. Learners use the language to explore, explain, and reflect on the nature of language through comparisons of the language studied and their own.

(1)Novice Level Range. Oklahoma Learner Targets for students of world languages are designed from a student perspective. The novice level Oklahoma Learner Targets for Language Comparisons are:

(A) I can identify cognates and borrowed words and be aware of their usefulness in comprehending language.

(B) I can identify similarities and differences in the sound and writing systems.

(C) I can make comparisons of basic language forms in familiar and highly predictable settings when I have reached the Novice High level.

(D) I can compare basic idiomatic expressions and at the Novice High level, interpret, express, and compare the meaning of idioms.

(2)Intermediate Level Range. The intermediate level Oklahoma Learner Targets for Language Comparisons are:

(A) I can explore the historical and cultural reasons for cognates, borrowed words in a variety of settings when I have reached the Intermediate High level.

(B) I can use knowledge of sound and writing systems in the target language to better understand those of my own language.

(C) I can compare and contrast structural patterns of the target language to structural patterns in my own language forms in a variety of settings, and when I have reached the Intermediate High Level, I can analyze and explain how time frames are expressed in a variety of settings.

(D) When I have reached the Intermediate High Level, I can discuss and analyze idiomatic expressions as well as their evolutions and origins and use appropriate ones in limited settings.

(3)Advanced Level Range. The advanced level Oklahoma Learner Targets for Language Comparisons are:

(A) I can provide some insight into the origins of cognates and borrowed words and speculate about what changes might occur in the future in a wide variety of settings which become more general and specialized as higher proficiency advances.

(B) I can apply knowledge of sound and writing systems in spontaneous communicative situations progressing to analyzing and explaining how tone and nuance are expressed as higher proficiency advances.

(C) I can use knowledge of structural patterns of my own language and the target language for effective communication progressing to discussing and analyzing the relationship of syntax and meaning as higher proficiency advances.

(D) I can use idiomatic expressions in a wide variety of social contexts.

(b)Standard: Cultural Comparisons. Learners use the language to explore, explain and reflect on the concept of the culture through comparisons of cultures studied and their own.

(1)Novice Level Range. The novice level Oklahoma Learner Targets for Cultural Comparisons are:

(A) I can identify similarities and differences in verbal and nonverbal behavior, such as facial expressions and gestures, between cultures in situations that are familiar and highly predictable.

(B) I can initially recognize and advance to be able to identify and then analyze intercultural similarities and differences in the practices, products, and perspectives of my own culture and the target cultures in very familiar situations.

(C) I can initially recognize, then progress to be able to explore, explain and reflect on how generalized perceptions, past and present, of groups and people shape identity and culture in my own and the target cultures.

(2)Intermediate Level Range. The intermediate level Oklahoma Learner Targets for Cultural Comparisons are:

(A) I can give simple descriptions of the similarities and differences in verbal and nonverbal behavior, such as facial expressions and gestures, between cultures.

(B) I can explore, explain and reflect on intercultural similarities and differences in cultures' practices and, products, leading to an understanding of perspectives of the target cultures in a variety of settings, using simple description and advancing to more complex language with the help of appropriate scaffolding as proficiency develops.

(C) I can explain how generalized perceptions, past and present, of groups and people shape identity and culture in my own and the target cultures in a variety of settings.

(D) I can take the perspective of those from different cultures to build empathy.

(3)Advanced Level Range. The advanced level Oklahoma Learner Targets for Cultural Comparisons are:

(A) I can apply appropriate verbal and nonverbal behavior, such as facial expressions and gestures, between cultures in a wide variety of settings.

(B) I can analyze intercultural similarities and differences in the practices, products, and perspectives of the target cultures, comparing how products, practices, and perspectives reciprocally affect one another over time.

(C) I can assess how generalized perceptions, past and present, of groups and people shape identity and culture in my own and the target cultures.

(D) I can take the perspective of those from different cultures, to build empathy.

(c)Comparisons Goal for Classical Languages. Classical languages participate fully in this goal area. Classroom discussion of Comparisons may be in English, with consistent reference to the target language. Students investigate the influence Greek and Latin have had on English vocabulary and reflect on the structural differences between those ancient languages and their own. By studying Greek and Roman government, visual art, architecture, and literature, students gain insight into parallel elements within their own culture.

(d)Comparisons Goal for Native American Languages. Native American languages participate fully in this goal area. Classroom discussion of Comparisons may be in English, with consistent reference to the target language. Oklahoma place names, mountains, rivers, and towns reflect the settlement of Native American tribes in Indian Territory before statehood. Students may reflect on the differences in structure and comparable flexibilities of Native American languages.

Okla. Admin. Code § 210:15-3-141

Adopted by Oklahoma Register, Volume 32, Issue 22, August 3, 2015, eff. 8/13/2015

Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 40, Issue 5, November 15, 2022, eff. 12/11/2022