Second Year, First Semester (201)

At the end of this semester students should be able to make progress in achieving the following outcomes using multiple paragraphs.

1. Presentational Objectives: Using academic language to, e.g.,
   • write reports of increasing length and complexity, including short, interdisciplinary research projects using target language sources and websites
   • give increasingly lengthy and less-rehearsed oral presentations, of 2-3 minutes in length by the end of the third quarter
   • begin to narrate in the past
   • narrate in present and future
   • compare and contrast significant people and events in target cultures
2. Interpretive Objectives: Understanding the target language in order to, e.g., 
   • analyze and synthesize the main ideas and supporting data in authentic written texts
   • comprehend narration in present, past, future
   • identify themes and other literary ideas in fiction, poetry, and/or nonfiction and relate themes to student experience
   • follow and summarize shifting topics in a conversation
3. Interpersonal Objectives: Interacting with others, including, e.g., 
   • socially appropriate expression of respect, politeness, gratitude, friendliness, and distance
   • state feelings and emotions
   • identify problems or complications and propose solutions to them
   • discussion of academic and professional topics with increasing sophistication