Backward design is one of the core practices for effective language instruction that relies on thinking purposefully about teaching and learning.
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Backward design is one of the core practices for effective language instruction that relies on thinking purposefully about teaching and learning.
- Identify Desired Results: Educators identify the big ideas of a unit of study using essential questions. Unit outcomes are informed by the World-Readiness Standards for Language Learning (2015), the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines (2012), and the NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements (2017).
- Determine Acceptable Evidence: Educators design performance-based tasks and assessments to measure learner progress by demonstrating knowledge and skills (proficiency), aligned with Can-Do statements.
- Plan Learning Experiences and Instruction: Educators craft the day-to-day learning tasks to develop learners’ knowledge and skills.