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FIS will formulate personalized language learning pathways for our students as they progress through FIS. We will work to determine a common language proficiency framework, update and refresh our language terminology, pedagogy and assessment practices, develop a clear process and criteria to best meet the needs of our learning community.
FIS will formulate personalized language learning pathways for our students as they progress through FIS. We will work to determine a common language proficiency framework, update and refresh our language terminology, pedagogy and assessment practices, develop a clear process and criteria to best meet the needs of our learning community.
Action Steps:
Finalize and implement the updated FIS Language Policy
Cultivate a shared understanding of the pedagogy that supports policy implementation
Use the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) to describe students' language proficiency levels across all language acquisition classes
Use WIDA levels for English Language Acquisition classes, which have been internally aligned to the CEFR
Develop strong comprehensible language pedagogy and assessment practices, including ELA co-teaching practices
Allow students to make progress in language learning via personalized language pathways that include their home and identity language(s)
Develop a language passport for student portfolios
Continue to offer language learning opportunities to parents and teachers via Rosetta Stone
Primary School
Primary School
Action Steps:
Promote multilingualism and translanguaging
Assess the impact of increased German exposure through an integrated approach
Elementary School
Elementary School
Action Steps:
Offer a refined bilingual program
Develop more defined pathways for English Language Acquisition and German Language Acquisition, by adjusting our scheduling to create more learning opportunities and more individualized learning
Generate pathways for German Language Exchange Programs
Implement our new cohesive structure school-wide, using the EU standards
Upper School
Upper School
Action Steps:
Formally adopt changes to our Upper School language program to delineate courses that are either language acquisition or language and literature classes; this includes all English, German, Spanish, French, Mother Tongue languages offered at FIS
Rename courses according to the above, e.g. English Language Acquisition (ELA), German Language Acquisition (GLA), Spanish Language Acquisition (SLA) and French Language Acquisition (FLA)
Create opportunities for professional development time for language acquisition teachers to meet, regardless of target language
Create opportunities for professional development time for language and literature teachers to meet, regardless of target language
Establish consistent approaches to assessing eligibility requirements of students needing ELA support from Grade 5-6 in FISO and from students at FISW transferring to FISO Upper School
Provide pathways for students wishing to sit external CEFR aligned language exams in German, Spanish and French (A1/S2;B1/B2;C1/C2)
FIS Wiesbaden Campus
FIS Wiesbaden Campus
Action Steps:
Use monthly community time to increase the development of multilingualism and translanguaging
Define goals and create guidelines, offer PD and support for the use of translanguaging and multilingualism in class across the curriculum
Assess the impact of the increased German exposure through the push in integrated approach (G2-5)
Develop the German Curriculum utilizing the learning goals of the CEFR objectives and standards
Promote the significance of active support for home language learning and use of home languages
Offer a parent information presentation on language, language learning, the role of home languages, translanguage and multilingualism
Explore the possibility of offering taster language courses through the REAL program in Arabic, Mandarin, Japanese, Korean, Russian, French, Spanish, etc.
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