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    Nevada
    Academic Content Standards for World Languages

    Overview

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

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    Nevada Academic Content Standards for World Languages Novice-Mid
    Communication
    Standard 1: Interpersonal Communication
    Standard Descriptor

    Learners interact and negotiate meaning in spoken, signed, or written conversations to share information, reactions, feelings, and 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 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.
    Standard 2: Interpretive Communication
    Standard Descriptor

    Learners 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.
    Standard 3: Presentational Communication
    Standard Descriptor

    Learners present information, concepts, and ideas 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.
    Cultures
    Standard 4: Relating Cultural Practices to Perspectives
    Standard Descriptor

    Learners use the language to investigate, explain, and reflect on the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the cultures studied.

    Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
    Online Lessons Many online Course lessons identify typical 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.
    Standard 5: Relating Cultural Products to Perspectives
    Standard Descriptor

    Learners use the language to investigate, explain, and reflect on the relationship between the products and perspectives of the cultures studied.

    Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
    Online Lessons Many online Course lessons identify typical products 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 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 many Unit Readings and Storybook activities, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.
    Connections
    Standard 6: Making Connections
    Standard Descriptor

    Learners build, reinforce, and expand their knowledge of other disciplines while using the language to develop critical thinking and to solve problems creatively.

    Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
    Online Lessons Some 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 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.
    Standard 7: Acquiring Information and Diverse Perspectives
    Standard Descriptor

    Learners access and evaluate information and diverse perspectives that are available through the language and its cultures.

    Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
    Online Lessons Some online Course lessons present vocabulary representative of diverse perspectives and cultures, 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 present vocabulary representative of diverse perspectives and cultures, 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
    Standard 8: Language Comparisons
    Standard Descriptor

    Learners use the language to investigate, explain, and reflect on the nature of language through comparisons of the language studied and their own.

    Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
    Teacher's Guide In some Teacher's Guide and K-2 Teacher's Guide activities, learners have the opportunity to meet this standard.
    Standard 9: Cultural Comparisons
    Standard Descriptor

    Learners use the language to investigate, explain, and reflect on the concept of culture through comparisons of the cultures studied and their own.

    Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
    Online Lessons Some online Course lessons present activities about daily life that are practiced differently across cultures, 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 present aspects of daily life that are practiced differently 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.
    Communities
    Standard 10: School and Global Communities
    Standard Descriptor

    Learners use the language both within and beyond the classroom to interact and collaborate in their community and the globalized 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.
    Standard 11: Lifelong Learning
    Standard Descriptor

    Learners set goals and reflect on their progress in using languages for enjoyment, enrichment, and advancement.

    Rosetta Stone Foundations Component
    Online Lessons All online Course lessons are designed to keep learners engaged and to promote enjoyment, enrichment, and advancement.
    Teacher's Guide All Teacher's Guide and K-2 Teacher's Guide activities are designed to keep learners engaged and to promote enjoyment, enrichment, and advancement.
    Workbook All Workbooks are designed to keep learners engaged and to promote enrichment and advancement.
    Supplemental Readings All Unit Readings and Storybook activities are written to keep learners engaged and to promote enjoyment, enrichment, and advancement.