Articulation through Proficiency-Oriented Language Instruction and Assessment

From 1993-7, CARLA collaborated with a team of over 50 world language professionals across Minnesota to create common performance standards, assessment tools, and curricular strategies to articulate French, German, and Spanish instruction between secondary and post-secondary educational levels. This project resulted in the national dissemination of a set of assessments, a curriculum handbook, and a teacher-training program. Another articulation project administered by CARLA developed curriculum frameworks and assessments for K-12 Russian and Japanese programs.

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Publications
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McCarthy, A., Scott, K., Shiba, K., & Thornton, P. (1998)
Tools for the articulation of Japanese language instruction: Standards, a curriculum framework, benchmarks, and sample assessments. CARLA Working Paper Series #12. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota, The Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition.

Tedick, D. J. (1997, 2002)
Proficiency-oriented language instruction and assessment: A curriculum handbook for teachers. CARLA Working Paper Series. D. J. Tedick (Ed.). Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota, The Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition. [More information]

Metcalf, M. F. (1995)
Articulating the teaching of foreign languages: The Minnesota Project. ADFL Bulletin, 26, (3), 52-54. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service: No. EJ 505196.)

Posse, M., Shifman, R., & Sweet., G. (1999)
Tools for the articulation of Russian language instruction: Standards, a curriculum framework, sample assessments, and teacher resources. CARLA Working Paper Series #13. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota, The Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition.

Tedick, D., & Alcaya, C. (2001)
Minnesota Articulation Project: Past, present, and future. In c. Gasciogne Lally (Ed.), Foreign language articulation: Current practice and future prospects (pp. 119-138). Westport, CT: Bergin & Garvey.