(1) A student at the end of benchmark 2, 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 predictable information verbally and/or in writing, and relies on questions or prompts to produce understandable language;

(b) identifies main ideas from familiar material appropriate for his/her level;

(c) describes familiar topics, but rarely elaborates on these topics in survival situations;

(d) describes some significant cultural contributions of the target language culture;

(e) seldom applies limited target language information to other disciplines;

(f) has difficulty applying information of world cultures;

(g) seldom applies, even in limited contexts, sound and structural patterns or idiomatic expressions of the target language to his/her first language;

(h) has difficulty identifying similarities and differences among target cultures with his/her culture; and

(i) rarely contributes to classroom activities.