World Languages Curriculum

Department Philosophy: Teaching with Comprehensible Input

It is our goal to help students acquire a new language by systematically presenting input that they can understand. If students can get the idea of what they are hearing or reading, communication is happening. The goal is for students to understand at least 90% of what is spoken or read in the target language. Research has shown that students need exposure to a word between 75-150 times before they “own” it in their minds and can use it to communicate