Students interact orally on topics that are outside their immediate environment. They manipulate elements of the target language and attempt to organize responses using a variety of simple linking and sequencing devices. They draw comparisons about daily life across their own and the target language culture and access appropriate support to aid their understanding and to form responses.

Students view and read more complex texts on familiar topics that introduce some unfamiliar language. They use their understanding of words, structures and contextual clues to predict the meaning of texts containing unknown verbal and non-verbal language. They personalize or vary familiar rehearsed language structures in responding to texts. They understand and use cultural references relating to daily life and understand simple everyday colloquial expressions.

Students are becoming independent writers, demonstrating more flexible use of known language and a willingness to experiment. They begin to write for a broader range of purposes, such as personal accounts or descriptions. They write about similarities and differences in daily life across their own and the target language culture and access appropriate support for their writing.