My Passport to Languages - Teachers’ Guide My Passport to Languages (the Passport) has been developed as a resource for language teachers and as a means of engaging Prep to Year 3 students and their The Passports are not intended as a families in languages education. teaching resource or unit of work, therefore language teachers are All students starting Prep in government encouraged to integrate the Passports into schools in 2016 can use the Passport to their language program as an ongoing keep as a record of language learning record of students’ learning. over their first four years of school. Passports are available in Chinese, French, It is important that the Passports are not German, Greek, Indonesian, Italian, used or viewed as an assessment tool. The Japanese and Spanish, which are eight of Passport is a student and family the most widely-taught languages in engagement tool, which provides a record Victorian government schools. of students’ developing language skills. The Passports have been developed to My Passport to Languages is: align with the AusVELS* curriculum. They a means of celebrating students’ reflect common concepts and content areas language learning in the primary taught in primary level languages programs. years; The Passports have been designed to an ongoing record of language complement a languages program and to learning achievements using do’ ‘can support language teachers plan topics, statements; themes and/or units based on commonly a document which can be kept by the taught content areas. student or the teacher; a valuable source of information for teachers, students and parents, particularly in students’ transition to the next year level. It students to: develop an awareness of the benefits of learning languages; understand, appreciate and celebrate cultural diversity; develop a of ownership and responsibility for their learning; develop an understanding of the sequential nature of language learning; *AusVELS is the Foundation to Year 10 curriculum that provides a single, coherent and comprehensive set of build their knowledge, confidence and prescribed content and common achievement standards, understanding of the language they schools use to plan student learning programs, assess student progress and report to parent. are learning. For queries or further information regarding My Passport to Languages, email:
My Passport to Languages (the Passport) has been developed as a resource for language teachers and as a means of engaging Prep to Year 3 students and their families in languages education. All students starting Prep in government schools in 2016 can use the Passport to keep as a record of language learning over their first four years of school. Passports are available in Chinese, French, German, Greek, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese and Spanish, which are eight of the most widely-taught languages in Victorian government schools. The Passports have been developed to align with the AusVELS* curriculum. They reflect common concepts and content areas taught in primary level languages programs. The Passports have been designed to complement a languages program and to support language teachers plan topics, themes and/or units based on commonly taught content areas. *AusVELS is the Foundation to Year 10 curriculum that provides a single, coherent and comprehensive set of prescribed content and common achievement standards, schools use to plan student learning programs, assess student progress and report to parent. My Passport to Languages - Teachers’ Guide The Passports are not intended as a teaching resource or unit of work, therefore language teachers are encouraged to integrate the Passports into their language program as an ongoing record of students’ learning. It is important that the Passports are not used or viewed as an assessment tool. The Passport is a student and family engagement tool, which provides a record of students’ developing language skills. My Passport to Languages is: a means of celebrating students’ language learning in the primary years; an ongoing record of language learning achievements using ‘can do’ statements; a document which can be kept by the student or the teacher; a valuable source of information for teachers, students and parents, particularly in students’ transition to the next year level. It students to: develop an awareness of the benefits of learning languages; understand, appreciate and celebrate cultural diversity; develop a of ownership and responsibility for their learning; develop an understanding of the sequential nature of language learning; build their knowledge, confidence and understanding of the language they are learning. For queries or further information regarding My Passport to Languages, email:
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