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The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education states, "We believe that all Massachusetts students should acquire linguistic and cultural proficiency in at least one language in addition to English. Proficiency in one or more world languages will empower all students to use languages other than English to tell their own stories, understand the stories of others, and engage with their communities".
Guiding Principle 1
-Effective world language programs invite, include, support, and benefit all students.
Guiding Principle 2
-Effective world language programs lift all students and empower them to act with cultural competence and critical consciousness.
Guiding Principle 3
-Effective world language programs produce high levels of linguistic and cultural
proficiency in one or more world languages in their students.
Guiding Principle 4
-Effective world language programs are communicative and support meaningful, authentic, and affirming interactions in the target language.
Guiding Principle 5
-Effective world language programs measure linguistic proficiency.
Guiding Principle 6
-Effective world language programs foster risk-taking and mistake-making toward growth in linguistic and cultural proficiency.
Guiding Principle 7
-Effective world language programs deliver meaningful, relevant, and cross-disciplinary content to motivate students to acquire the language and build proficiency.
Guiding Principle 8
-Effective world language programs differentiate instruction and content so that they are accessible, rigorous, and appropriate for all students.
Guiding Principle 9
-Effective world language programs connect students to their peers in the classroom, their community, and speakers/signers of the target language throughout the world.
Guiding Principle 10
-Effective world language programs promote social and emotional growth.
To find out more visit: https://www.doe.mass.edu/frameworks/world-languages/2021.pdf
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