(1) The benchmark for world languages content standard 1 for a student at the end of benchmark 3 is the ability to:

(a) exchange personal ideas and support them;

(b) initiate, sustain, and conclude conversations appropriate to the setting on a variety of topics;

(c) create more elaborate descriptions and add opinions;

(d) collaborate and compromise to develop, propose, and negotiate solutions; and

(e) manage unforeseen situations.