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ACTFL: NATIONAL
STANDARDS FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATION
Culture: Practices, Products, and Perspectives
| Practices: |
habits,
daily-life behaviors, and patterns of social interaction |
| Products: |
cultural achievements, tangible and intangible cultural objects (e.g.,
books, tools, educational system, political system, etc.) |
| Perspectives: |
values, ideas, meanings |
Characteristics:
- replace "c"/"C" dichotomy
with the three categories: cultural practices, products, and perspectives
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- explicitly emphasize the
interaction between the three categories
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- cultural knowledge is in the
connections between the categories rather than in the categories
themselves
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Objective: Gain Knowledge and
Understanding of Other Cultures
- Students demonstrate an understanding
of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the
culture.
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- Students demonstrate an understanding
of the relationship between the products and perspectives of the
culture.
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