I.B. Compatible World Languages at Provo High School for Grades 9-12

TOPICS	FUNCTIONS	SPEAKING PROFICIENCY	DESCRIPTION
Level 1 Self & Others Greetings Numbers Colors Alphabet Calendar Body parts Family Home Daily activities School Sports Hobbies Weather Time Likes & Dislikes Simple Questions Negations Descriptions Regional Culture	Talk about routine activities Describe people, places or things Recognize commands	Novice Mid-High	I use memorized phrases I speak in incomplete or short sentences in the present tense I respond to simple questions and ask a few memorized questions I have some flexibility with words and short phrases
Level 2 Numbers Above 100 Courtesies Meals Town Public Services Travel Money Accommodations Clothes Shopping Professions Emergencies Feelings Health Hygiene Geography Nationalities Leisure Activities Environmental Concerns Prepositional Phrases Dependent Clauses Cultural Traditions	Use acquired vocabulary to manage basic survival situations Use routine commands	Intermediate Low	I speak in sentences and some strings of sentences in the present tense I try to use the past and future tenses occasionally I ask and answer limited questions I express personal meaning by creating with the language I can be understood by a sympathetic native speaker when I repeat myself
Level 3 Academic/Work/Social Situations Current Interests Autobiographical Information Mythology and Nature Cultural Histories and Arts	Exchange basic information related to school, work, recreation, particular interests	Intermediate High	I can handle most uncomplicated communicative tasks I narrate and describe in the past, present, and future tenses with some consistency I make frequent mistakes with tenses I link sentences into short paragraphs I ask and answer questions I can initiate, sustain, and close a general conversation
Level 4 Professional and Personal Interests Personal Beliefs National and International Current Events Social and Political Issues Life and Culture	Satisfy routine social, school,work demands Explain point of view (without supporting an opinion) Talk about current events Make comparisons Communicate needs Begin making inferences	Advanced	I participate fully in conversations I narrate and describe in past, present, and future (in depth, Advanced High) I have inconsistent to good control of tenses I combine and link sentences into paragraphs I state opinions (explain, Adv. High) I speak with relative ease to confidence I lack control of verb tenses when I try to construct hypotheses (Advanced High)