A addresses the learner’s ability to use the target language to communicate thoughts, feelings, and opinions in a variety of settings.
B addresses the necessity for learners to learn to use the language as a tool to access and process information in a diversity of contexts beyond the classroom.
C adresses the learners lifelong use of the language, in communities and contexts both within and beyond the school setting itself.
D addresses the learners understanding of how the products and practices of a culture are reflected in the language.
E is designed to foster learner insight and understanding of the nature of language and culture through a comparison of the target language and culture with the languages and cultures already familiar to them.