(1) A student at the end of benchmark 1, at the novice level of world languages is beginning to attain the prerequisite knowledge and skills that are fundamental at each benchmark in world languages.   He/she:

(a) exchanges basic information, with prompting, (e.g., likes and dislikes, basic needs) ;

(b) responds to some oral and/or written cues;

(c) attempts limited oral and/or written communication;

(d) recognizes, with assistance, obvious cultural contributions of the target language culture;

(e) seldom identifies, in any context, target language information and skills;

(f) has difficulty using authentic resources to recognize cultural information;

(g) seldom recognizes sound and structural patterns of the target language;

(h) identifies, with assistance, some similarities and differences among target cultures with his/her culture; and

(i) seldom recognizes language and culture connections.