Minimum competencies are set forth for senior high school foreign language students in Philadelphia. For modern languages, at each of three levels, criteria are set forth for determining whether students can: (1) adequately associate meaning with sound; (2) use words, phrases, and sentences that evidence meaningful communication; (3) associate meaning with the written word; (4) demonstrate acquisition of listening skills; (5) write words, phrases, and sentences that transmit meaning; and (6) show understanding resulting from oral communication. For classical languages, students are expected in addition to show knowledge of cultural information and to relate the classical language experience with English vocabulary and reading skills. (JB)