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Level 3, Open
C
Level 3, University
C
Level 2, Open
C/R
I/C
Level 2, University
C/R
I/C
Level 1, Open
I/C
I
Level 1, Academic
I/C
I
Language Structures and Conventions KEY: I – Initial development; C – Consolidation; R – Refinement
• word order in simple sentences: positive (e .g ., We read books .), interrogative, negative
• word order in compound and complex sentences (e .g ., I took the bus, but I was still late. When I arrived, he greeted me .)
R
R
R
R
C
C
C
C
I/C
I/C
I/C
I/C
• punctuation as used in the target language (e .g ., period, question mark, exclamation mark, comma, quotation marks,
colon, semicolon, parentheses, apostrophe, hyphen, ellipsis)
• capitalization as used in the target language (e .g ., a capital letter for the first word in a sentence, for proper nouns)
Appendix B: International Languages
R R
I/C I/C C C
R R
I/C I/C C C
R R
I/C I/C C C
C C
I I I/C I/C I/C I/C C/R C/R
C C
I I I/C I/C
• diacritical marks required in the target language (e .g ., accents) • other special elements required by the language under study
THE ONTARIO CURRICULUM, GRADES 9–12 | Classical Studies and International Languages
International Languages – Language Knowledge (continued)
Syntax
• gender and number agreement • cardinal and ordinal numbers • subject-verb agreement • idiomatic expressions
Other
Elements
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