1637.1 In addition to the general and professional education requirements, for certification in foreign language (modern), coursework in the following representing thirty (30) semester hours shall be required:

1. (a) Skills to include the following:
2. (1) The essentials of all speech in standard dialects, including technical discussions within the professional field;
3. (2) Speaking a standard dialect of the language at normal speed with accuracy in structure and pronunciation and with sufficient vocabulary to participate in most formal and informal conversations on practical, social, and professional topics;
4. (3) Reading with immediate comprehension and interpreting standard news articles, routine correspondences, literary texts and technical material at a normal rate of speed (at least two hundred (200) wpm-silent reading);
5. (4) Writing most types of correspondence with few errors in grammar or spelling, with superior control of syntax, richness and variety of vocabulary and structures, and clearly developed ideas;
6. (5) Participating in almost all social situations and those within the profession with ease and sensitivity, to comprehend most nonverbal communication, and to respond with understanding and sensitivity to the cultural diversity of the classroom population;
7. (6) Applying the principles of language acquisition and learning theories and principles of phonological, syntactic, and morphological systems to the teaching of the foreign language; and
8. (7) Applying the principles of proficiency-based instruction and use electronic media in teaching the foreign language;
9. (b) Content to include the following:
10. (1) People that are representative of their cultural diversity and that is acquired through a study of their history, geography, arts, writings, values, life patterns and through travel abroad (nine (9) semester hours);
11. (2) Documented study - abroad of three (3) consecutive weeks or more in a country where the foreign language is the official language, can be used to satisfy a maximum of three (3) semester hours when done in a formal program or in an independent study program pre-approved by the Foreign Language Department;
12. (3) Literature as acquired in the systematic study of classical, contemporary and popular texts, by genre, century, by theme; and by representative of the cultural diversity of the linguistic community (nine (9) semester hours);
13. (4) Language as acquired in advanced course work in grammar, composition, conversation, text analysis, reading comprehension (nine (9) semester

hours); and

(5) Differences between the phonological, syntactic and morphological systems of the foreign language and those of English as acquired through studies in applied or descriptive linguistics (three (3) semester hours; and

(c) Aural-oral competency in the foreign language as determined by an interview conducted in the foreign language by the Foreign Language Department.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 28 DCR 3201 (July 17, 1981); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 33 DCR 6542 (October 24, 1986); and by Final Rulemaking published at 40 DCR 6893, 6919-21 (October 1, 1993).