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A serious domestic and international World Language Education Gap in the United States http://www.startalk. umd.edu. Our Vision: An Additive Language Policy for All Students. Five Goals: (1) increase the number and effectiveness of language programs;
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A serious domestic and international World Language Education Gap in the United States http://www.startalk.umd.edu
Our Vision: An Additive Language Policy for All Students Five Goals: (1) increase the number and effectiveness of language programs; (2) expand the range of languages offered; (3) begin language instruction at a younger age and continue through a longer, articulated sequence; (4) establish clear expectations for students’ language learning outcomes; and (5) expand access and opportunity to learn via both traditional and innovative delivery systems.
We Must Recruit and Prepare: • Effective foreign/world language teachers • Elementary and immersion world language teachers • Teachers of emerging world languages • Teachers with technological literacies who can teach in distance learning, online, and blended learning environments