Curricular Goals Language proficiency Foreign Cultural Literacy The development of students’ ability to use the German language effectively in the interpretation, negotiation, and communication of meaning within German-speaking cultures in a range of personal and professional contexts. Foreign Cultural Literacy The development of knowledge and understanding of German history, culture, and society. The development of cross- and intercultural awareness through a profound and multi-faceted confrontation with difference. Critical, Reflective, and Creative Engagement The development of aesthetic, interpretive, critical, and creative capacities through engagement with cultural products and processes. The development of students’ ability to explore relationships between culture and identity, language and power, reader and text.