To use English to communicate in social settings:

• Students will use English to participate in social interactions
• Students will interact in, through, and with spoken and written English for personal expression and written enjoyment
• Students will use learning strategies to extend their communicative competence

To use English to achieve academically in all content areas:

• Students will use English to interact in the classroom
• Students will use English to obtain, process, construct, and provide subject matter information in spoken and written form

To use English in socially and culturally appropriate ways:

• Students will use the appropriate language variety, register and genre according to audience, purpose and setting
• Students will use nonverbal communication appropriate to audience, purpose and setting
• Students will use appropriate learning strategies to extend their sociolinguistic and sociocultural competence