Students develop more advanced communication skills in all four areas: listening, speaking, reading, and writing – with emphasis on the ability to interact orally and in writing.Modern language students communicate using more complex language structures and express abstract ideas with reasonable fluency.Students are able to create and listen with understanding to reports and presentations as well as describe, summarize, and discuss selected upper-level themes and topics.Students gain greater insights into culture through authentic reading selections at this level and will continue to be exposed to authentic materials in order to develop higher-level thinking skills in the target language.The primary language spoken at this level is German.