Foreign Language Department:<br />Rubric for Cultures, Literatures, Cross-Disciplinary Concepts

Cultures, Literatures, Cross-Disciplinary Concepts

9-10    Demonstrates excellent understanding of culture and/or cross-disciplinary concepts

• Accurately identifies a product or practice and demonstrates its relationship to the perspective of the culture in detail
• Analyzes and hypothesizes about unfamiliar or unknown cultural issues
• Interprets and synthesizes ideas and critical issues from literary and other cultural texts in the target culture

8.5-8    Demonstrates good to very good understanding of culture and/or cross-disciplinary concepts

• Frequently identifies with accuracy a product or practice of the culture and demonstrates its relationship to the perspective of the culture with some details
• Analyzes unfamiliar or unknown cultural issues
• Interprets concepts and main ideas of literary texts that represent defining works in the target culture

7.5-7    Demonstrates fair to good understanding of culture and/or cross-disciplinary concepts

• Identifies with some accuracy a product or practice of the culture and demonstrates its relationship to the perspective of the culture with few details
• Relies on cultural analysis previously studied or personal experiences
• Interprets and comprehends a literal understanding of literary texts that represent defining works in the target language

6.6-6    Demonstrates minimal understanding of culture and/or cross-disciplinary concepts

• Identifies with minimal accuracy a product or practice of the culture and demonstrates its relationship to the perspective of the culture with few details
• Relies on cultural knowledge previously studied
• Partially comprehends a literal understanding of literary texts that represent defining works in the target language

0-5.5    Demonstrates little to no understanding of culture and/or cross-disciplinary concepts

• Identifies with little or no accuracy a product or practice of the culture and does not demonstrate its relationship to the perspective of the culture
• Fails to make connections between cultural issues
• Is unable to comprehend the literal meaning of the literary texts that represent defining works in the target language