| Curricular Competency |
Recognize First Peoples perspectives and knowledge; other ways of knowing, and local cultural knowledge |
Japanese 5 |
Personal and social awareness |
| Keyword: ways of knowing |
Elaboration: e.g., First Nations, Métis, and Inuit; and/or gender-related, subject/discipline-specific, cultural, embodied, intuitive |
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| Curricular Competency |
Consider personal, shared, and others’ experiences, perspectives, and worldviews through a cultural lens |
Japanese 5 |
Personal and social awareness |
| Keyword: cultural lens |
Elaboration: e.g., values, practices, traditions, perceptions |
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| Curricular Competency |
Share information using the presentation format best suited to their own and others’ diverse abilities |
Japanese 5 |
Thinking and communicating |
| Keyword: presentation format |
Elaboration: e.g., digital, visual, verbal; aids such as charts, graphics, illustrations, music, photographs, videos, props, digital media |
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| Curricular Competency |
Seek clarification of meaning |
Japanese 5 |
Thinking and communicating |
| Keyword: Seek clarification |
Elaboration: Request or provide repetition, word substitution, reformulation, or reiteration (e.g., わかりません [wakarimasen]). |
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| Curricular Competency |
Participate in simple interactions |
Japanese 5 |
Thinking and communicating |
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| Curricular Competency |
Respond to simple commands and instructions |
Japanese 5 |
Thinking and communicating |
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| Curricular Competency |
Interpret non-verbal cues to increase understanding |
Japanese 5 |
Thinking and communicating |
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| Curricular Competency |
Use language-learning strategies |
Japanese 5 |
Thinking and communicating |
| Keyword: language-learning strategies |
Elaboration: e.g., interpretation of gestures, facial expressions, intonation, tone of voice, and contextual cues; use of prior knowledge, familiar words, and cognates |
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| Curricular Competency |
Comprehend high-frequency vocabulary in slow, clear speech and other texts |
Japanese 5 |
Thinking and communicating |
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| Curricular Competency |
Comprehend stories |
Japanese 5 |
Thinking and communicating |
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| Curricular Competency |
Identify key information in slow, clear speech and other texts |
Japanese 5 |
Thinking and communicating |
| Keyword: texts |
Elaboration: “Text” is a generic term referring to all forms of oral, written, visual, and digital communications. Oral, written, and visual elements can also be combined (e.g., in dramatic presentations, graphic novels, films, web pages, advertisements). |
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| Curricular Competency |
Recognize different scripts and syllabic sounds |
Japanese 5 |
Thinking and communicating |
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| Big Ideas |
Acquiring a new language and learning about another culture deepens our understanding of our own language and culture. |
German 8 |
No CCG |
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| Big Ideas |
Creative works are an expression of language and culture. |
German 8 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: Creative works |
Elaboration: representing the experience of the people from whose culture they are drawn (e.g., painting, sculpture, theatre, dance, poetry and prose, filmmaking, musical composition, architecture) |
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| Big Ideas |
We can share our experiences and perspectives through stories. |
German 8 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: stories |
Elaboration: Stories are a narrative form of text that can be oral, written, or visual. Stories are derived from truth or fiction and may be used to seek and impart knowledge, entertain, share history, and strengthen a sense of identity. |
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