These Guiding Principles for Language Learning inform not just 教育工作者 and learners but also all stakeholders, 包括父母, 管理员, 管理机构/板, 立法者, 以及整个社会. This initial set of statements comes from the position statements previously approved by the ACTFL Board; it is not a finite or fixed list. It is intended that this set of statements will evolve and continue to grow as new topics emerge and to reflect new realities in the diversity of learners and learning situations. These statements respond to the challenge to identify what is effective in language learning and provide guidance to 教育工作者 and learners alike. 总工会欢迎正在进行的更新和完善这些声明的讨论, 了解新的研究和经验.
These Guiding Principles for Language Learning provide the means to shape discussion to answer questions that arise about specific practices, policies, 或程序. Professional learning communities or networks (including language departments, 在线社区, and formal or informal groups) will use these statements to explore their practices for language instruction and assessment. 非教育工作者(包括家长), 董事会成员, and 管理员) will use these statements as a description of what to observe in classrooms at any level, providing a set of criteria for discussing what is effective for language learning.
声明格式
每个陈述遵循回答四个问题的格式:
- What? 确定信念并简要描述它.
- Why? Explains a rationale behind the statement, a brief overview to frame the belief.
- How? 描述根据这一信念采取行动的策略, 在教学环境中实施实践, 并利用这一指导原则来支持学习者.
- Find Out More:为基础研究提供具体参考, 额外的资源, 和应用程序.
The ability to communicate with respect and cultural understanding in more than one language is an essential element of global competence. 这种能力是通过调查世界来发展和证明的, 识别和权衡观点, 获取和应用学科和跨学科知识, 交流想法, 采取行动. Global competence is fundamental to the experience of learning languages whether in classrooms, 通过虚拟连接, 或者通过日常经历. Language learning contributes an important means to communicate and interact in order to participate in multilingual communities at home and around the world. This interaction develops the disposition to explore the perspectives behind the products and practices of a culture and to value such intercultural experiences.
