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1. SELF
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Give autobiographical information (state name, origin, nationality, age, address, phone number)
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Describe daily routines during a typical day
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Describe academic majors, courses, career plans
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2. OTHERS
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Describe self and identify others, including family members, friends, roommates, classmates (physical description, personality)
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Describe the way people and things are and used to be
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Give an extended description of self and others in the present, past, and future time frames
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3. ACTIVITIES
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List daily activities and tell about likes and dislikes
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List past activities of self and others
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Narrate and describe events in the present, past and future
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4. NUMBERS
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Count from 0 to 100 and use numbers in giving information about self and others (e.g., age, address, phone numbers)
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Count from 100-? and use numbers in describing people and things (e.g., giving the date, naming prices)
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Use large numbers in situational contexts (e.g., making purchases, exchanging money)
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5. ELICITING INFORMATION
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Obtain biographical information about others by asking questions about name, age, origin, etc.
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Obtain information about present and past activities and routines of others
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Participate in conversations by asking questions to negotiate meaning and elicit additional information
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6. SURVIVAL SITUATIONS
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Respond to typical survival situations with words/short phrases (e.g., ordering food from a menu)
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Successfully participate in simple survival situations without complications (e.g., buying a bus ticket, getting a hotel room)
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Successfully participate in survival situations with complications (e.g., reporting lost luggage, sending food back in a restaurant)
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