BC's redesigned second languages curricula are now online!
All curricula for Kindergarten to Grade 12 are now fully implemented and mandatory.
The Languages Curriculum Writing Teams thank you for your constructive feedback that has helped to shape and redefine the curriculum for all second languages.
The Languages Curriculum Writing Teams thank you for your constructive feedback that has helped to shape and redefine the curriculum for all second languages.
Second Languages Curriculum for Grades 5-12:
The latest version of the redesigned second languages curricula for Grades 5-12 has been completed. The Ministry of Education has posted the following curricula on their website. Click on the second language below to view its entire curriculum.
The Languages Template:
The Ministry of Education has updated the Languages Template development package to assist school districts and independent school authorities who wish to develop language education programs for which there is local interest, such as Arabic, Croatian, and Russian (among many others). BCATML played an important role in redesigning the Language Template to make it more manageable and efficient for the development of other language curricula. The Language Template has been updated to align with BC's new curriculum and the updated streamlined version is now available and can be found by clicking on the link below:
Languages Template | Building Student Success - B.C. Curriculum (gov.bc.ca)
https://curriculum.gov.bc.ca/curriculum/languages-template
Languages Template | Building Student Success - B.C. Curriculum (gov.bc.ca)
https://curriculum.gov.bc.ca/curriculum/languages-template
Curriculum Redesign History:
The Ministry of Education began redesigning the second languages curricula in the fall of 2014 to the Know, Do, Understand (KDU) framework. Over the next five years, BCATML played a pivotal role in redesigning the curricula for American Sign Language, Core French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Punjabi, and Spanish. As well, BCATML was successful in advocating for the creation of Introductory Language 11 courses for all languages, including Core French and re-designing the Languages Template for those languages without a ministerial curriculum.
BCATML is still pushing for reforms to the Language Education Policy as well as the creation of a Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) companion document to be used with all existing second languages curricula.
Click here to read more about the curriculum redesign history.
BCATML is still pushing for reforms to the Language Education Policy as well as the creation of a Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) companion document to be used with all existing second languages curricula.
Click here to read more about the curriculum redesign history.