Table of Contents

Background

Standards, Philosophies, and Considerations for Assessment

Key Materials

Tasks and Units

Resources

The materials included on this website were created by members of the Minnesota Articulation Project and were edited by Diane J. Tedick.

They were originally published in Tedick, D.J. (Ed.). (2002). Proficiency-oriented language instruction and assessment: A curriculum handbook for teachers. CARLA Working Paper Series. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota, The Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition.

The following documents support the material in the Handbook and are gathered in this section for easy access:

• An online overview of The National Standards for Foreign Language Education
  
• Standards for Foreign Language Language Learning in the 21st Century––Order form (PDF)
  
• POLIA statement and principles developed by the Minnesota Articulation Project;
  
• ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines, which are used to define the levels for which the tasks and units were developed;
  
• ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines–Speaking (Revised 1999) (PDF)
  
• Table summarizing the Curricular Themes and a list of the Communicative Functions, both of which correspond to the tasks and units in the Handbook.