Where did the Washington State Standards for World Languages come from?
The returned surveys on World Languages instruction in Washington, conducted by OSPI in Spring 2005, contained repeated requests by classroom teachers for a set of state standards. OSPI has responded to this need by endorsing the National Standards for Foreign Language Education. These widely disseminated content standards have already been used as the basis for statewide foreign/world language frameworks in a number of states. Known as ‘the 5 C’s’ (Communication, Culture, Connection, Comparison, and Community), they were developed in the mid-1990s by the National Standards in Foreign Language Education Project, a collaborative effort of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) and a variety of language-specific associations (AATF, AATG, AATI, AATSP, ACL/APA, ACTR, CLASS/CLTA, & NCSTJ/ATJ). • Who were the decision-makers for our standards? The recommendation that OSPI endorse the National Standards for Foreign Language Education as Voluntary World Language stan
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- Where did the Washington State Standards for World Languages come from?
