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Statement on Articulation from the Coalition of Foreign Language Organizations
Our pluralistic American democracy and global society need citizens who can function in more than one language. All students, whether they speak English or another language, whether they will make the transition from school to work or from school to further education, should have the opportunity to become fluent and literate in a second language.
We affirm the long-standing conviction among language professionals that to learn a language in school, students need planned sequences to study articulated vertically, that is, through elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education, and horizontally, that is, connected with other fields. By building on prior learning, articulated programs make efficient use of time and money.
When foreign language education is organized in extended sequences of instruction, teachers are able to plan and implement the most effective curricula to enable students to become competent users of a second language.
Articulation takes place when language teachers
- communicate an collaborate across levels and among disciplines
- acknowledge common principles and common goals
- focus on the learner and the content of the curriculum
- take into account the variety of student accomplishments at elementary, secondary, and
postsecondary levels.
To facilitate collaborative efforts, educators can draw on many sources, such as - discussions of good teaching practices
- curriculum frameworks that reflect a range of language learning purposes
- national standards documents
- performance assessment guidelines
- local, state, and regional guidelines, standards, and frameworks
- results of state and regional articulation projects
- state and federal education reform policiesWe urge educators to work toward the goal of articulated sequences of foreign language instruction so that the American educational system can fulfill its responsibility to its students and to the nation.
Members of the Coalition of Foreign Language Organizations;
Approved by NADSFL: 1995.