Yes, The Somos Curriculum meets Maine's World Language Standards.

Communication

The Somos Curriculum prepares students to communicate effectively in more than one language in order to function in a variety of situations and for multiple purposes. 

Standard: Interpersonal Communication

During class, students will engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions.

Standard: Interpretive Communication

During class, learners will understand, interpret, and analyze what is heard, read, or viewed on a variety of topics.

Standard: Presentational Communication

During class, learners will present information, concepts, and ideas to inform, explain, persuade, and narrate on a variety of topics using appropriate media and adapting to various audiences of listeners, readers, or viewers.

Cultures 

The Somos Curriculum prepares students to interact with cultural competence and understanding. 

Standard: Relating Cultural Practices to Perspectives

During class, learners will use the language to investigate, explain, and reflect on the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the cultures studied. 

Relating Cultural Products to Perspectives

During class, learners will use the language to investigate, explain, and reflect on the relationship between the products and perspectives of the cultures studied.

Connections

Making Connections

The Somos Curriculum prepares students to connect with other disciplines and acquire information and diverse perspectives in order to use the language to function in academic and career-related situations. 

Standard: Making connections

During class, learners will build, reinforce, and expand their knowledge of other disciplines while using the language to develop critical thinking and to solve problems creatively.

Acquiring Information and Diverse Perspectives

The Somos Curriculum prepares students to connect with other disciplines and acquire information and diverse perspectives in order to use the language to function in academic and career-related situations. 

Standard: Acquiring Information and Diverse Perspectives

During class, learners access and evaluate information and diverse perspectives that are available through the target language and its cultures. 

Comparisons

The Somos Curriculum prepares students to develop insight into the nature of language and culture in order to interact with cultural competence. 

Standard: Language Comparisons

During class, learners will use the language to investigate, explain, and reflect on the nature of language through comparisons of the language studied and their own.

Standard: Cultural Comparisons

During class, learners will use the language to investigate, explain, and reflect on the concept of

culture through comparisons of the cultures studied and their own.

Communities

The Somos Curriculum prepares students to Communicate and interact with cultural competence in order to participate in multilingual communities at home and around the world. 

Standard: School and Global Communities

During class, learners will use the language both within and beyond the classroom to interact and collaborate in their community and the globalized world.

Standard: Lifelong Learning

During class, learners will set goals and reflect on their progress in using languages for enjoyment, enrichment, and advancement. 

This alignment document for Maine educators was created using verbiage from Maine's World Language State Standards.