Montana

Content Standards for World Languages

Overview

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

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Benchmark 1
Benchmark 2
Benchmark 3

Montana Content Standards for World Languages Benchmark 1

Communication

Content Standard 1

Standard Descriptor

Students engage in conversation, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions.

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 all 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.

Content Standard 2

Standard Descriptor

Students understand and interpret spoken and/or written languages on a variety of topics.

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 most 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.

Content Standard 3

Standard Descriptor

Students convey information, concepts, and ideas to listeners and/or readers for a variety of purposes.

Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
  • Online Lessons Most online Course lessons model language structures and vocabulary for a variety of purposes, 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 model language structures and vocabulary on a variety of purposes, which learners can use to apply this standard.
  • Supplemental Readings In most Unit Readings and Storybook activities, learners have the opportunity to convey information and ideas on a variety of purposes.

Cultures

Content Standard 4

Standard Descriptor

Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the perspectives, practices, and products/contributions of cultures studied, and use this knowledge to interact effectively in cultural contexts.

Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
  • Online Lessons Many online Course lessons model language structures and vocabulary, 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, which learners can use to apply this standard.
  • Supplemental Readings In many Unit Readings and Storybook activities, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.

Connections

Content Standard 5

Standard Descriptor

Students reinforce and increase his/her knowledge of other disciplines through world languages.

Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
  • Online Lessons Most online Course lessons present and practice the language needed to expand a student's knowledge of other disciplines, 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 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.

Content Standard 6

Standard Descriptor

Students acquire information and perspectives through authentic materials in world languages and within cultures.

Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
  • Online Lessons Many online Course lessons model language structures and vocabulary, 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 Some workbook activities model language structures and vocabulary, which learners can use to apply this standard.
  • Supplemental Readings In many Unit Readings and Storybook activities, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.

Comparisons

Content Standard 7

Standard Descriptor

Students recognize that different languages use different patterns and can apply this knowledge to his/her own language.

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

Content Standard 8

Standard Descriptor

Students demonstrate understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons of the culture studied and his/her own.

Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
  • Online Lessons Many online Course lessons model language used to make comparisons, 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.
  • Workbook Some Workbook activities model language used to make comparisons, which learners can use to apply this standard.
  • Supplemental Readings Many Unit Readings and Storybook activities demonstrate cultural practices, which learners can use to apply this standard.

Communities

Content Standard 9

Standard Descriptor

Students apply language skills and cultural knowledge in daily life.

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 all 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.