Been There, Done That!

Checklist for Cultural Understandings

Strands	Students
Listening, Responding and Speaking Makes meaning from the utterances of a variety of speakers of the TL.
Communicates meaning using language which is culturally and contextually appropriate.
Goes beyond the literal meaning-responds not just to words heard but to underlying culturally-accepted norms.
Interprets and uses behaviour that is socio-culturally appropriate.
Interprets and uses body language.
Extracts cultural information from a variety of texts (songs, stories, news broadcasts, conversations, etc.).
Viewing, Reading and Responding Makes meaning from a variety of texts in the TL depicting cultural aspects of language use and elements of culture.
Demonstrates understanding of cultural aspects of visual texts in a variety of ways.
Writing Uses language-specific text conventions, such as letter writing.
Demonstrates knowledge of the culture of the TL through writing in the TL.
Through email, communicates in writing texts to suit specific purposes.