DISCLAIMER: The District currently does not provide formal World Language Instruction but when and if a program is provided it will follow the Administrative Regulation listed below.     

Content of Instruction

The district's instructional program for world languages may be designed to help students gain knowledge about language systems, develop a cultural understanding, and use that knowledge to communicate.  Students may receive instruction which is aligned with state academic standards appropriate to their age and stage of linguistic and cultural proficiency in the following categories:

1.	Communication:  Students may be taught to effectively convey and receive messages by engaging in or interpreting written, spoken, and/or signed languages, including:

a.	Language functions, which describe the purposes to which language is used in culturally appropriate real-world communication

b.	The setting in which the language is used, which includes using language both within and beyond the classroom to interact in local communities and abroad

c.	The structures used to convey meaning

2.	Cultures:  Students may receive instruction that allows them to interact, with competence and understanding, with those who are native to the language in a variety of real-world settings.

(cf. 6142.94 - History-Social Science Instruction)

	(3/09  3/17)  7/19

Adopted: 6/18/2020