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Who is Using the National Foreign Language Standards?
Author(s) -
Wood Prisdlla G.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
foreign language annals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.258
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1944-9720
pISSN - 0015-718X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1944-9720.1999.tb00874.x
Subject(s) - foreign language , curriculum , state (computer science) , learning standards , political science , national curriculum , national language , national science education standards , center (category theory) , academic standards , language education , linguistics , library science , mathematics education , pedagogy , sociology , higher education , computer science , psychology , law , comparative education , philosophy , chemistry , algorithm , crystallography
This article briefly traces the history of the National Standards for Foreign Languages and then addresses who is using the standards. The Center for Applied Linguistics reports that approximately half of the surveyed foreign language teachers are aware of national or state standards. Finally, the issue of how states are developing foreign language standards is addressed by examining the curricula of Minnesota, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Recommendations follow as to how a state's curriculum can be aligned with the national standards.