(a) The local school board may provide instruction in one or more world languages in an elementary school. Yes No Yes No The extent of this instruction and the students to whom NA NA it is offered shall be determined by local school board policy. (b) Pursuant to Ed 306.26 the local school board may Yes No Yes No provide supplemental instruction in one or more world NA NA languages in a middle school. (c) If world language instruction is offered, the program shall be designed to provide: Opportunities for students to develop a Yes No Yes No proficiency in a second language or to explore 2 or more languages other than English; Instruction which emphasizes basic competency in the 4 skills of listening Yes No Yes No comprehension, reading, speaking, and writing; Activities designed to make students aware of the culture of the countries in which the Yes No Yes No language(s) is/are spoken; and Systematic instruction and activities designed to enable students to: Yes No Yes No Gain linguistic knowledge in one or more second language(s); Acquire basic communicative competence by applying the skills of Yes No Yes No listening comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing; Understand the contributions of cultures and compare elements of those Yes No Yes No cultures with American culture; Recognize and respect linguistic and cultural differences and be enriched by Yes No Yes No other societies' contributions to the human experience; Be aware of the concept of global Yes No Yes No interdependence; and Become familiar with the relationship between second language skills and Yes No Yes No future career choices.
(a) The local school board may provide instruction in one or more world languages in an elementary school. The extent of this instruction and the students to whom it is offered shall be determined by local school board policy. Yes No NA Yes No NA (b) Pursuant to Ed 306.26 the local school board may provide supplemental instruction in one or more world languages in a middle school. Yes No NA Yes No NA (c) If world language instruction is offered, the program shall be designed to provide: Opportunities for students to develop a proficiency in a second language or to explore 2 or more languages other than English; Yes No Yes No Instruction which emphasizes basic competency in the 4 skills of listening comprehension, reading, speaking, and writing; Yes No Yes No Activities designed to make students aware of the culture of the countries in which the language(s) is/are spoken; and Yes No Yes No Systematic instruction and activities designed to enable students to: Gain linguistic knowledge in one or more second language(s); Yes No Yes No Acquire basic communicative competence by applying the skills of listening comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing; Yes No Yes No Understand the contributions of cultures and compare elements of those cultures with American culture; Yes No Yes No Recognize and respect linguistic and cultural differences and be enriched by other societies' contributions to the human experience; Yes No Yes No Be aware of the concept of global interdependence; and Yes No Yes No Become familiar with the relationship between second language skills and future career choices. Yes No Yes No
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