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Content Standards (Standards for Foreign Language Learning)

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Content standards are what students know and be able to do in foreign language education in grades, four, eight, twelve and sixteen. These standards are intended to serve as a gauge for excellence, as states and local districts carry out their responsibilities for ...

Created By: Hidden Member 09-24-2009

Last Updated By: Hidden Member 01-07-2017

Standards vs Guidelines

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People are often unsure of the difference between content standards, performance guidelines and proficiency guidelines, and how they all relate to and build off each other. While detailed definitions of each of these terms are provided within this glossary, this entry ...

Created By: Hidden Member 07-07-2010

Last Updated By: Janine Erickson 05-13-2024

FLES

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Curtain and Dahlberg (2010) in the 4th edition of "Languages and Children: Making the Match" have contributed a redefinition of foreign language elementary school (FLES) teaching and learning. They have coined the term language-focused (i.e., language-driven) models, ...

Created By: Hidden Member 06-14-2010

Last Updated By: Robert Raymond 01-15-2025

Performance Guidelines

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Performance standards are designed to reflect second language learning that begins in kindergarten and continues in an uninterrupted sequence through Grade 12, reflecting a vision for language learning and language use by American students. The how well a students ...

Created By: Hidden Member 09-24-2009

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Less Commonly Taught Languages (LCTLs)

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Created By: Hidden Member 06-14-2010

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Immersion

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Two- and one-way immersion programs are types of dual language programs. Two-way programs enroll a balance of native English and partner language speakers. One-way immersion programs enroll primarily native English Speakers. In both programs students are taiught literary ...

Created By: Hidden Member 06-14-2010

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Dual Language

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Dual language is a form of education in which students are taught literacy and content in two languages. These programws aim for bilingualism and bilieracy, academic achievement equal to that of students in non-dual language programs and cross-cultural competence. ...

Created By: Hidden Member 06-14-2010

Last Updated By: Hidden Member 05-14-2024