"What is the goal of world language education?" - To create multilingual people who have intercultural skills focusing on the 5 C's:

COMMUNICATION - interpretive, interpersonal, and presentational (listening, speaking, reading, and writing).

CULTURES - gaining an understanding of practices, products, and perspectives of other cultures.

CONNECTIONS - using the new language to reinforce learning in other subjects.

COMPARISONS - making comparisons between English and Spanish.

COMMUNITIES - looking for ways to use Spanish outside the classroom and becoming a lifelong language learner.

High school students strive to progress to the next level of language proficiency from beginner (novice) to intermediate or advanced.