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- Helps students interact more with the world around them
- Gives students critical faculties when examining texts and deciding opinions
- Tied closely to history -- teaches students to appreciate history from different (more empathetic) perspectives
- Students will need to generate texts in college as well as in their careers. Learning how to read and write fluently is important for future success.
- Our cultural context stresses the ability to read and write.

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You could have all this and more if you learn a WL!

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- reading/writing, being able to interact/function knowledgeably within society
- understanding the world around you
-  make a valid argument using text-based evidence

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While reading and writing may not be the major goal of world languages, there's no way to be fluent without being able to read and write. These skills help them communicate in foreign language, and can be beneficial to learning how to speak. Reading and writing in a foreign language can help students learn to appreciate different cultures and diversity more. It expands students' image of the world! Helps students appreciate the magnitude of a language.

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-problem solving
-effective communication
-self-expression
-understanding diverse perspectives
-persuasion with valid arguments
-access and appreciation to different realms of meaning

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- Tolerance
- Global citizen
- Respect
- Job opportunities
- Travel
- Latin lover

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- Critical thinking
- Analysis skills
- Helps understand other disciplines
- Ability to articulate an argument (written or oral)
- Being able to find evidence for your argument
- Communicate effectively in your community and a professional contexts
- Being able to empathize, relate to others and have a broader perspective

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- Communication
- Helps examine own culture, learn about other cultures, be more accepting of diversity and differences

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sentence structure
historical context
skills to read different forms of texts (biases, credibility, poetry/prose)

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-search/skim/scan for info
-using structural knowledge (table of contents, paragraphs, etc).
-literary terms/devices
-literary criticism lenses/theories
-basic reading comprehension & decoding

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Cultural norms and context

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WL:
- understand structures/forms
- shared language
- purpose of activities/readings

ELA:
- knowledge of critical theory (to some small extent)
- how to read English
- figurative language
- conventions of different kinds of texts
- differences between genres

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- Vocabulary and grammar
- Historical contexts
- Knowledge of format and genre
- Cultural contexts
- Literary devices
- Background of authors
- Reading strategies
- Language conventions

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Authentic texts in all forms (written, videos, songs)

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- Different accents, cultural vocabulary, grammar, cultural cues / norms, idioms, dialects), literary devices,
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-Reference texts such as dictionaries, MLA handbook, thesaurus, databases,
-Images
-Music

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- Videos, movies
- Listening activities (audiobooks, audio lessons, listening to people speak the language)
- Charts & concept maps

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- Novels, poems, plays, short stories, memoirs, essays, newspapers, journals, videos

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- Reading (newspaper, cultural excerpts, short stories, itineraries et al, poems)
- Listening (stories, radio, music, YouTube videos)
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