California

World Language Standards

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Rosetta Stone Foundations Spanish is aligned to the California World Language Standards, providing students with everything they need to succeed in reading, writing, listening, and speaking.

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World Language Standards for California Public Schools Novice

Communication Standards

Standard 1: Interpretive Communication

Standard Descriptor

WL.CM1.N

Demonstrate understanding of the general meaning and some basic information on very familiar common daily topics. Recognize memorized words, phrases, and simple sentences in authentic texts that are spoken, written, or signed.

Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
  • Online Lessons In all online Course lessons, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.
  • Teacher's Guide In all Teacher's Guide and K-2 Teacher's Guide activities, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.
  • Workbook In all Workbook activities, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.
  • Supplemental Readings In all Unit Readings and Storybook activities, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.

Standard 2: Interpersonal Communication

Standard Descriptor

WL.CM2.N

Participate in real-world, spoken, written, or signed conversations on very familiar topics. Use memorized words, phrases, and simple sentences, and questions in highly predictable common daily settings.

Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
  • Online Lessons Most online Course lessons model conversations and provide learners with language to apply this standard.
  • Teacher's Guide In most Teacher's Guide and K-2 Teacher's Guide activities, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.
  • Workbook Most Workbook activities model conversations and provide learners with language to apply this standard.
  • Supplemental Readings In all Unit Readings and Storybook activities, provide learners with language to apply this standard.

Standard 3: Presentational Communication

Standard Descriptor

WL.CM3.N

Present information in culturally appropriate ways on very familiar common daily topics using memorized words, phrases, and simple sentences through spoken, written, or signed language. Use the most suitable media and technologies to present and publish.

Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
  • Online Lessons Most online Course lessons model language structures and vocabulary that learners can use to apply this standard.
  • Teacher's Guide In most Teacher's Guide and K-2 Teacher's Guide activities, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.
  • Workbook Some Workbook activities model language structures and vocabulary on familiar topics, which learners can use to apply this standard.
  • Supplemental Readings In all Unit Readings and Storybook activities, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.

Standard 4: Settings for Communication

Standard Descriptor

WL.CM4.N

Recognize opportunities to use age-appropriate, culturally authentic, real-world, and academic language in highly predictable common daily settings within target-language communities in the United States and around the world.

Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
  • Online Lessons Most online Course lessons model language structures and vocabulary that learners can use to apply this standard.
  • Teacher's Guide In most Teacher's Guide and K-2 Teacher's Guide activities, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.
  • Workbook Some Workbook activities model language structures and vocabulary on familiar topics, which learners can use to apply this standard.
  • Supplemental Readings Many Unit Readings and Storybook activities model language structures and vocabulary on familiar topics, which learners can use to apply this standard.

Standard 5: Receptive Structures in Service of Communication

Standard Descriptor

WL.CM5.N

Demonstrate understanding of words, phrases (signs and fingerspelling in ASL), and simple sentences on very familiar common daily topics. Use orthography, phonology, ASL parameters, and very basic sentence-level elements (morphology and/or syntax).

Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
  • Online Lessons Most online Course lessons model language structures and vocabulary that learners can use to apply this standard.
  • Teacher's Guide In most Teacher's Guide and K-2 Teacher's Guide activities, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.
  • Workbook Most Workbook activities model language structures and vocabulary on familiar topics, which learners can use to apply this standard.
  • Supplemental Readings In all Unit Readings and Storybook activities, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.

Standard 6: Productive Structures in Service of Communication

Standard Descriptor

WL.CM6.N

Communicate about very familiar common daily topics using words and phrases (signs and fingerspelling in ASL), and simple sentences. Use orthography, phonology or ASL parameters, and very basic sentence-level elements (morphology and/or syntax).

Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
  • Online Lessons Most online Course lessons model language structures and vocabulary that learners can use to apply this standard.
  • Teacher's Guide In most Teacher's Guide and K-2 Teacher's Guide activities, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.
  • Workbook Many Workbook activities model language structures and vocabulary on familiar topics, which learners can use to apply this standard.
  • Supplemental Readings In all Unit Readings and Storybook activities, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.

Standard 7: Language Comparisons in Service of Communication

Standard Descriptor

WL.CM7.N

Identify similarities and differences in the orthography, phonology, ASL parameters, and very basic sentence-level elements (morphology and/or syntax) of the languages known.

Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
  • Online Lessons Some online Course lessons model examples that learners can use to apply this standard.
  • Teacher's Guide In some Teacher's Guide and K-2 Teacher's Guide activities, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.
  • Workbook Some Workbook activities model examples, which learners can use to apply this standard.
  • Supplemental Readings Some Unit Readings and Storybook activities model examples, which learners can use to apply this standard.

Cultures Standards

Standard 1: Culturally Appropriate Interaction

Standard Descriptor

WL.CL1.N

Use age-appropriate gestures and expressions in very familiar, common daily settings.

Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
  • Online Lessons In most online Course lessons, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.
  • Teacher's Guide In most Teacher's Guide and K-2 Teachers Guide activities, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.
  • Workbook In many Workbook activities, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.
  • Supplemental Readings In many Unit Readings and Storybook activities, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.

Standard 2: Cultural Products, Practices, and Perspectives

Standard Descriptor

WL.CL2.N

Experience, recognize, and explore the relationships among typical age-appropriate target cultures’ products, practices, and perspectives in culturally appropriate ways in very familiar common daily settings.

Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
  • Online Lessons In most online Course lessons, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.
  • Teacher's Guide In many Teacher's Guide and K-2 Teacher's Guide activities, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.
  • Workbook Some Workbook activities identify typical products related to familiar everyday life, and provide learners with language to apply this standard.
  • Supplemental Readings In some Unit Readings and Storybook activities, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.

Standard 3: Cultural Comparisons

Standard Descriptor

WL.CL3.N

Identify some similarities and differences among very familiar, common daily products, practices, and perspectives in the mainstream cultures of the United States, the students’ own cultures, and the target cultures.

Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
  • Online Lessons In many online Course lessons, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.
  • Teacher's Guide In many Teacher's Guide and K-2 Teacher's Guide activities, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.
  • Supplemental Readings In some Unit Readings and Storybook activities, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.

Standard 4: Intercultural Influences

Standard Descriptor

WL.CL4.N

Identify cultural borrowings.

Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
  • Teacher's Guide In many Teacher's Guide activities, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.
  • Supplemental Readings In some Unit Readings and Storybook activities, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.

Connections Standards

Standard 1: Connections to Other Disciplines

Standard Descriptor

WL.CN1.N

Acquire, exchange, and present information primarily in the target language about very familiar common daily elements of life and age-appropriate academic content across disciplines.

Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
  • Online Lessons Many online Course lessons present activities about daily life and academic content, which learners can use to apply this standard.
  • Teacher's Guide In most Teacher's Guide and K-2 Teacher's Guide activities, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.
  • Workbook Most Workbook activities model language structures and vocabulary that learners can use to apply this standard.
  • Supplemental Readings In many Unit Readings and Storybook activities, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.

Standard 2: Diverse Perspectives and Distinctive Viewpoints

Standard Descriptor

WL.CN2.N

Recognize diverse perspectives and distinctive viewpoints on very familiar common daily topics, primarily in the target language, from age-appropriate authentic materials from the target cultures.

Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
  • Online Lessons Some online Course lessons present activities about daily life and academic content, which learners can use to apply this standard.
  • Teacher's Guide In many Teacher's Guide and K-2 Teacher's Guide activities, learners have the opportunity to reflect on the concept of culture.
  • Supplemental Readings Many Unit Readings and Storybook activities demonstrate cultural practices; learners can use the information to apply this standard.