TEKS for LOTE Program Goals: Communication

Click any text in the table below for concrete examples of how students demonstrate each performance expectation. Use the circles to the right to learn about the other four Program Goals. For more about Communication see:

• Background Information: The three modes of communication.
• Learning Snapshots: Sample activities centered around Communication.
  
• Learning Scenarios: Thematic units of study based on the five Program Goals.

COMMUNICATION
The student communicates in a language other than English using the skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. The student is expected to:
NOVICE		INTERMEDIATE		ADVANCED
(A)	engage in oral and written exchanges of learned material to socialize and to provide and obtain information;	(A)	engage in oral and written exchanges to socialize, to provide and obtain information, to express preferences and feelings, and to satisfy basic needs;	(A)	engage in oral and written exchanges including providing and obtaining information, expressing feelings and preferences, and exchanging ideas and opinions;
(B)	demonstrate understanding of simple, clearly spoken, and written language such as simple stories, high-frequency commands, and brief instructions when dealing with familiar topics; and	(B)	interpret and demonstrate understanding of simple, straightforward, spoken and written language such as instructions, directions, announcements, reports, conversations, brief descriptions, and narrations; and	(B)	interpret and demonstrate understanding of spoken, and written language, including literature, on a variety of topics; and
(C)	present information using familiar words, phrases, and sentences to listeners and readers.	(C)	present information and convey short messages on everyday topics to listeners and readers.	(C)	present information, concepts, and ideas on a variety of topics to listeners and readers.