Massachusetts

Curriculum Framework for World Languages

Overview

Rosetta Stone Foundations Spanish is aligned to the Massachusetts Curriculum Framework for World Languages, providing students with everything they need to succeed in reading, writing, listening, and speaking.

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Massachusetts Curriculum Framework for World Languages Novice

Domain 1: Communication Practices - How Students Use the Target Language to Acquire Linguistic Proficiency

Practice 1: Interpretive Communication

Standard Descriptor

Understand, interpret, and analyze what is heard, read, or viewed on a variety of topics.

Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
  • Online Lessons Most online Course lessons model communication and provide learners with language to apply 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 model communication and provide learners with language to apply this standard.
  • Supplemental Readings In all Unit Readings and Storybook activities, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.

Practice 2: Interpersonal Communication

Standard Descriptor

Interact and negotiate meaning in spontaneous spoken, signed, or written conversations to share information, reactions, ideas, feelings, opinions, and perspectives.

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 Some Workbook activities model conversations and provide learners with language to apply this standard.
  • Supplemental Readings Many Unit Readings and Storybook activities model conversations and provide learners with language to apply this standard.

Practice 3: Presentational Communication

Standard Descriptor

Present information, concepts, ideas, feelings, opinions, and perspectives to inform, explain, persuade, and narrate on a variety of topics using appropriate media and adapting to various audiences of listeners, readers, or viewers.

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.

Practice 4: Intercultural Communication

Standard Descriptor

Interact appropriately with others in and from another culture

Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
  • Online Lessons Many online Course lessons present and practice language important for successful interaction and collaboration with others, 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 Some Workbook activities provide learners with language to apply this standard.
  • Supplemental Readings Many Unit Readings and Storybook activities model successful interactions and collaboration with others, which learners can use to apply this standard.

Domain 2: Linguistic Cultures Practices - What New Concepts Students Communicate About

Practice 5: Cultures

Standard Descriptor

Gain cultural competence and understanding.

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

Practice 6: Comparisons

Standard Descriptor

Develop insight into the nature of language and culture to interact with culture competence.

Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
  • Online Lessons Some online Course lessons present activities about daily life across cultures, which 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 present aspects of daily life across cultures, which learners can use to apply this standard.
  • Supplemental Readings Many Unit Readings and Storybook activities demonstrate cultural practices; learners can use the information to apply this standard.

Domain 3: Lifelong Learning Practices - Why Students Communicate in the Target Language

Practice 7: Connections

Standard Descriptor

Connect with other disciplines and acquire information and diverse perspectives to use the language to function in academic and career-related situations.

Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
  • Online Lessons Some online Course lessons present and practice the language and vocabulary needed to expand a student's knowledge of other disciplines, 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 meet this standard.
  • Workbook In some Workbook 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.

Practice 8: Communities

Standard Descriptor

Interact and communicate with intercultural competence and confidence to engage and responsibly collaborate with a variety of multilingual communities at home and around the world.

Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
  • Online Lessons All online Course lessons present and practice language important for successful interaction and collaboration with others, 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 All Workbook activities practice language important for successful interaction and collaboration with others, which learners can use to apply this standard.
  • Supplemental Readings Most Unit Readings and Storybook activities practice language important for successful interaction and collaboration with others, which learners can use to apply this standard.