View Content #24391

From http://www.waflt.org/

Karen Fowdy writes, "Consider these two options for a 'road trip.'

"1) Come on! Get on this bus! I’m the driver and you are along for the ride. You don’t know where we are going or how we will get there. You’ll be expected to work hard along the way, but we will have some fun, too. Oh- and there will be a test at the end to see if you got there.

"2) Let’s go on a journey together! It’s a long trip, but worth it! Here’s the destination and the roadmap. I’ll be there to help you along the way. There are landmarks and milestones on this journey that show our progress so we know that we are getting closer to our goal. We will see and do a lot of interesting things along the way."

She goes on to detail some of the requirements to undertake Trip No. 2, in which students document their ongoing growth in proficiency. Read her excellent short article at http://www.waflt.org/advocacy-for-world-languages-on-the-proficiency-journey/