ERIC_NO:
ED314947
TITLE:
Projets de developpement de curriculum niveau secondaire (Secondary Level Curriculum Development Projects).
AUTHOR:
Martin, Anne L.
PUBLICATION_DATE:
1989
ABSTRACT:
Two Australian language curriculum development projects are discussed: the Australian Language Levels (ALL) Project and the National Assessment
Framework for Languages at Senior Secondary Level (NAFLSSL). While distinct,
both projects are closely linked. Each project was launched in 1985 in
a favorable climate and in response to cost, enrollment, and political
problems in language education. The ALL Project has published a set of
guidelines for the development of elementary and secondary level second
language programs and has developed a series of sample lessons for Italian.
The project team also provides consultation in program development. The
NAFLSSL project is developing exit language tests for secondary education,
addressing two particular problems: the large number of languages tested,
and the "advantage" held by students whose native languages were not English;
a three-level, three-segment exam structure was proposed in response.
Attachments include a table of language use, and a diagram of the framework
of stages from junior primary to senior secondary. (MSE)
MAJOR_DESCRIPTORS:
Curriculum Development; Language Role; Language Tests; Second Language Programs;
MINOR DESCRIPTORS:
Elementary Secondary Education; Foreign Countries; Italian; Program Descriptions; Testing;
IDENTIFIERS:
*Australia
PUBLICATION_TYPE:
141; 150