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World Languages 21st Century Skills Map

2. Collaboration
Students as collaborators use their native and acquired languages to learn from and work cooperatively across cultures with
global team members, sharing responsibility and making necessary compromises while working toward a common goal.

P21 Framework Novice Range Intermediate Range Advanced Range

Definitions
Articulating thoughts
and ideas clearly and effectively
through speaking and writing
Demonstrating the ability
to work effectively
with diverse teams
Exercising flexibility
and willingness to
be helpful in making
necessary compromises to
accomplish a common goal
Assuming shared
responsibility for
collaborative work
Examples
EXAMPLE: Students team with
another class in a target language
country to identify and compare
endangered species in both
countries, and collaborate with the
other class to produce a multi-
media, online informational
presentation. (Presentational)
OR:
EXAMPLE: Students work in
teams to identify and compare
endangered species in their own
and a target country, and
collaborate to produce a multi-
media presentation with basic
information in the target language.
(Presentational)
Examples Examples
EXAMPLE: Students team with EXAMPLE: In small groups,
another class in a target language students design a product and
country to research and analyze develop a marketing campaign for
costs for vacationing in a variety of this product to sell it to consumers
possible destinations. Students in a target country. Students
share responsibility for looking up present their marketing campaigns
certain information, exchange to students in the target language
information, and complete a cost- country using the appropriate
benefit analysis to decide the best media tools. (Interpersonal,
place to visit based on the Presentational)
available budget. (Interpretive,
Interpersonal)
OR:
EXAMPLE: Students work in teams
research and analyze costs for
vacationing in a variety of possible
destinations in one or more target
language countries. Students
share responsibility for looking up
certain information, exchange
information, and complete a cost-
benefit analysis to decide the best
place to visit based on the available
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budget. (Interpretive, Interpersonal)