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State and Local Foreign Language Standards
We note and caution that not all of these were designed for the same purpose. They are named
"curriculum frameworks", "content and learning standards", among others. Not all are of the same
vintage. Investigation will bear out that the organizing committees are not composed in like fashion,
nor are they given identical charges, and closeness to the national standards ranges widely.
The following four documents may help to detail some of our general notions about national
standards:
I have begun to add local documents to the mix. They do bear witness of continuous activity in the
foreign-language standards mouvement. In almost every instance, titles are drawn from the web pages
themselves without change.
I strongly encourage researchers to look at the following sites:
The first is a succinct ERIC review article, the second is the product of a regional research
organization, the third shows how children an military families are assessed, and the fourth joins the
Federal Government's chief language assessment tool with those of the ACTFL, the Public Service
Commission of Canada, and the Association of Language Testers in Europe. The last shows that the
curriculum framework for foreign language teaching in English-speaking countries is not limited to
the US. These assessment tools are also linguistic proficiency development outlines.
Alabama Courses of Study - Foreign
Languages
Content Standards for Alaska
Students - World Languages
Arizona Department of
Education Foreign Language Standards
Arkansas Foreign Language Curriculum
Framework (PDF file)
California Department of Education Challenge
Standards
Colorado Model Content Standards -
Foreign Language. Adopted December 11, 1997
Connecticut Framework K-12
Curricular Goals & Standards (PDF file)
State of Delaware Foreign
Languages Curriculum Framework Content Standards
Florida Foreign Languages PreK-2
(Sunshine State Standards)
Florida Foreign Languages Grades
3-5 (Sunshine State Standards)
Florida Foreign Languages Grades
6-8 (Sunshine State Standards)
Florida Foreign Languages Grades
9-12 (Sunshine State Standards)
Content Standards, Benchmarks and
Performance Standards: Second Languages - Level 12 (University System of Georgia Board of
Regents)
Georgia's
Quality Core Curriculum: Foreign Language-By Subject
Georgia Public School
Standards
Hawaii Content and
Performance Standards - World Languages (PDF file)
Illinois Foreign Language Standards
Course and
Program Descriptions for Indiana Schools
Johnston Community School District (Iowa) K-12 Foreign Language
Curriculum Standards
Wichita Public Schools
Foreign Language Standards - Sixth/Seventh/Eighth Grades
Wichita Public Schools
Foreign Language Standards - High School
Louisiana Foreign Languaage Contents Standards
Maine Learning Results - Modern and
Classical Languages
Anne Arundel County
[Maryland] Public Schools - Foreign Language/ESOL Standards & Outcomes
Massachusetts Foreign
Language Curriculum Frameworks
Massachusetts
Curriculum Frameworks - Foreign Languages (PDF file)
Michigan
WORLD LANGUAGES Standards
High School Content Standard for World
Languages (Minnesota)
Primary Content Standard World
Language (Minnesota)
Intermediate Content Standard World
Language (Minnesota)
Middle-level Content Standard World
Language (Minnesota)
Missouri Foreign Language Standards
Montana Foreign Language Guide (available in
PDF with other subject guides)
Nebraska he FOREIGN LANGUAGE
FRAMEWORKS (PDF file)
A Statement about the New
Hampshire Foreign Language Frameworks
World Languages
Curriculum Framework New Jersey
New Mexico Standards
- Modern, Classical, and Native Languages
Languages Other than English Resource Guide (New York)
North Carolina
Second Language Studies Curriculum
Standards for Ohio Schools
(Rules Edition 05/12/1997) - not subject specific
Discussion Guide to the Standards
for Ohio Schools (06/1997, PFD format)
Oklahoma State Department of Education
- Core Curriculum (PDF file)
Oregon Academic Standards (no foreign
language standards)
Pittsburgh World Languages Standards
Rhode Island Frameworks TABLE OF CONTENTS
(english & languages)
SOUTH CAROLINA FOREIGN
LANGUAGES ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT STANDARDS
Todd County, South
Dakota - Lakota Studies Standards
Tennessee Curriculum Framework
for Classical and Modern Languages
Chapter 114, Texas Essential
Knowledge and Skills for Languages Other Than English
Utah Foreign Languages Core Curriculum
Utah
Foreign Language Curriculum Courses
Vermont Arts, Language, and Literature
Standards
Washington State -
World Languages
West Virginia - Middle Childhood and
Adolescent Foreign Language Education
Kenosha Wisconsin Unified School
District Foreign Language Standards
National Language Teaching Associations
Other Important National Language Research & Support Organizations
Cantonese Language Association
(CLA)
CARLA Less Commonly Taught Languages
Center for Applied Linguistics
Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium
CouncilNet (network for organizations representing the less
commonly taught languages)
FLTEACH Home Page
Foreign Language Test Database
International Association for Language Learning Technology
National Council For Languages And International
Studies
National Council of State Supervisors of Foreign Languages
The Seven National Foreign Language Resource Centers
National Network for Early Language Learning
Regional Foreign Language Teaching Associations
Central States Conference On LanguageTeaching
Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign
Languages
The Pacific Northwest Council for Languages
Southern Conference on Language Teaching
Southwest Conference On LanguageTeaching
State Foreign Language Teaching Associations
Alabama Association of Foreign Language
Teachers
Arizona Language Association (AZLA)
California Language Teachers Association
The Colorado Congress of
Foreign Language Teachers
Connecticut Council of Language Teachers
Greater Washington (DC)
Association of Teachers of Foreign Languages
Florida Foreign Language Association
Foreign Language Association of Georgia
Illinois Foreign Language Teachers
Association
Indiana Foreign Language Teachers
Association (and state AATs)
Iowa Foreign Language Association
Kansas Foreign Language Teachers
Association
Foreign Language
Association of Maine
Massachusetts Foreign Language Association
Michigan Foreign Language Association
The Minnesota Council on the Teaching of Languages
and Cultures
Foreign Language Association of Missouri
The Montana Association of Language Teachers (MALT)
Nebraska Foreign Language Association
Foreign Language Educators of New
Jersey
Central Jersey-Penn Foreign Language
Academic Alliance
New York State Association of Foreign Language
Teachers
FLANC - Foreign Language Association of North Carolina
FLAND - Foreign Language Association of North
Dakota
OFLA (Ohio Foreign Language
Association)
Oklahoma Foreign Language Teacher's
Association
Confederation In Oregon For
Language Teaching
Pennsylvania State Modern Language
Association (PSMLA)
Texas Foreign Language Association
Utah Foreign Language Association
FLAVA (Foreign Language Associavion of Virginia)
Vermont Foreign Language Association
West Virginia Foreign Language
Teachers (for wvforlan-request@wvnvm.wvnet.edu)
Wisconsin Association of Foreign Language
Teachers
AATF Chapters
AATG Chapters
AATSP Chapters
State Classical Organizations
State Japanese Teachers Association
State Russian Council
Other Professional Resources
Language Learning Software (reviews, evaluation criteria, locating, etc.)
Language and Linguistic Journals with Tables of Contents
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