understand academic conversations
comprehend oral presentations
understand oral directions
process digital recordings
participate in conversations
speak about academic topics
communicate more fluently and spontaneously
utilize a variety of words to communicate orally
comprehend all main ideas in academic texts
figure out meanings of words using context clues and background knowledge
glean new information by reading text
continue to find words with multiple meanings challenging in texts
demonstrate control over simple sentence structure
effectively write ideas related to familiar topics
take notes with increasing accuracy*organize ideas on paper into logical texts
experiment with increasingly more complex grammatical structures