“Meeting Skills Expectations” Listening Understands Understands Understands the Understands, at a Understands when Understands the Listens purposefully to familiar simple directions, main points in general people speak at main points and the understand, respond questions, clear and simple overheard normal speed on important details of and analyze oral (e.g., thank you, announcements messages and conversations, familiar topics. audio text provided information and ideas excuse me) and and descriptions of instructions when simple short Understands the standard language is from a range of texts understands familiar objects delivered slowly narratives, main points of used and the topic is including narratives, simple, concrete provided the (e.g., how to get dialogues of overheard one of interest. instructions, questions about speaker speaks from X to Y). movies or news discussions. Understands the explanations, reports themselves, their slowly and clearly Understands high stories if the Understands audio main points in a and opinions. Selects families and their with significant frequency phrases topics are familiar text dealing with relatively long and uses appropriate immediate pauses. and vocabulary and if the speech familiar topics as well overheard strategies to construct surroundings Understands related to personal is slow and clear. as announcements conversation. meaning before, during provided the numbers, times interests. Extracts Can generally and television shows Understands detailed and after listening. speaker speaks and other pieces of important recognize changes (if supported by oral instructions. Identifies speaker’s slowly and clearly. short information information from in the topic of visuals). There may Understands clear viewpoint and purpose; Understands if given slowly and audio texts (e.g. discussion. Listens be a need to repeat and organized restates or summarizes simple classroom clearly. sports scores, to other students’ particular words and classroom talks and major points and instructions, such Understands most weather forecasts) classroom phrases or to replay presentations supporting details; as up, of a story when it provided the contributions and text. provided there is draws conclusions. ‘Stand please” when is read slowly and message is uses these some prior expressed slowly clearly and is delivered clearly. responses as knowledge of the and clearly, accompanied with Understands models for their topic. possibly with visuals. isolated, familiar own. accompanying words and phrases gestures. Often when listening to recognizes spoken clear, slow and words similar to basic text read those in known aloud. languages. Can
Skills “Meeting Expectations” Listening Understands familiar (e.g., thank you, excuse me) and understands simple, concrete questions about themselves, their families and their immediate surroundings provided the speaker speaks slowly and clearly. Understands simple classroom instructions, such as ‘Stand up, please” when expressed slowly and clearly, possibly with accompanying gestures. Often recognizes spoken words similar to those in known languages. Can Understands simple directions, questions, announcements and descriptions of familiar objects provided the speaker speaks slowly and clearly with significant pauses. Understands numbers, times and other pieces of short information if given slowly and clearly. Understands most of a story when it is read slowly and clearly and is accompanied with visuals. Understands the main points in clear and simple messages and instructions when delivered slowly (e.g., how to get from X to Y). Understands high frequency phrases and vocabulary related to personal interests. Extracts important information from audio texts (e.g. sports scores, weather forecasts) provided the message is delivered clearly. Understands isolated, familiar words and phrases when listening to clear, slow and basic text read aloud. Understands, at a general overheard conversations, simple short narratives, dialogues of movies or news stories if the topics are familiar and if the speech is slow and clear. Can generally recognize changes in the topic of discussion. Listens to other students’ classroom contributions and uses these responses as models for their own. Understands when people speak at normal speed on familiar topics. Understands the main points of overheard discussions. Understands audio text dealing with familiar topics as well as announcements and television shows (if supported by visuals). There may be a need to repeat particular words and phrases or to replay text. Understands the main points and the important details of audio text provided standard language is used and the topic is one of interest. Understands the main points in a relatively long overheard conversation. Understands detailed oral instructions. Understands clear and organized classroom talks and presentations provided there is some prior knowledge of the topic. Listens purposefully to understand, respond and analyze oral information and ideas from a range of texts including narratives, instructions, explanations, reports and opinions. Selects and uses appropriate strategies to construct meaning before, during and after listening. Identifies speaker’s viewpoint and purpose; restates or summarizes major points and supporting details; draws conclusions.
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