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The RRISD World Languages Department seeks to provide students with the necessary skills to use another language and acquire knowledge and appreciation of other languages, cultural understandings, and cultural competencies. We hope to inspire students to continue their study of world languages to become proficient speakers, listeners, readers, and writers and to effectively participate and communicate in the global community.
Guiding Principles
Our Curriculum
The World Language curriculum is a proficiency-based curriculum based on the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills. Our proficiency based curriculum focuses on building skills in speaking, listening, reading, and writing in the language with the goal of using the language in real life situations. World Language teachers strive to conduct the classes in the target language, use authentic cultural texts, and design communicative activities to encourage students towards achieving higher proficiency goals.
What is proficiency?
Language proficiency refers to what students can do with the language in terms of speaking, listening, reading, and writing in a real-world context, and to what degree. Levels of proficiency are described along a continuum beginning with novice and progressing through intermediate, advanced, superior and distinguished as described by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Language.
How long does it take?
Developing language proficiency takes time and dedication, but it is definitely worth the effort. In the early stages of language learning, students develop a strong foundation for using the language by acquiring memorized words, phrases, and sentences and being challenged to produce language spontaneously. As students' proficiency increases they engage in more elaborate and expanded dialogue, analysis, and interaction with the language. This is all done through the use of authentic texts and materials while exploring the products, practices, and perspectives of the target language culture.
Guiding Principles
- Students will engage in challenging and worthwhile learning experiences.
- Language is best learned in an immersion setting.
- Language function takes precedence over language form.
- Language learning is essential to developing 21st century skills, global competence and to college and career readiness.
Our Curriculum
The World Language curriculum is a proficiency-based curriculum based on the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills. Our proficiency based curriculum focuses on building skills in speaking, listening, reading, and writing in the language with the goal of using the language in real life situations. World Language teachers strive to conduct the classes in the target language, use authentic cultural texts, and design communicative activities to encourage students towards achieving higher proficiency goals.
What is proficiency?
Language proficiency refers to what students can do with the language in terms of speaking, listening, reading, and writing in a real-world context, and to what degree. Levels of proficiency are described along a continuum beginning with novice and progressing through intermediate, advanced, superior and distinguished as described by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Language.
How long does it take?
Developing language proficiency takes time and dedication, but it is definitely worth the effort. In the early stages of language learning, students develop a strong foundation for using the language by acquiring memorized words, phrases, and sentences and being challenged to produce language spontaneously. As students' proficiency increases they engage in more elaborate and expanded dialogue, analysis, and interaction with the language. This is all done through the use of authentic texts and materials while exploring the products, practices, and perspectives of the target language culture.