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From http://elmundodepepita.blogspot.com

Julie from Mundo de Pepita asks herself and us, how can goals in an elementary language program be aligned with a greater purpose than language proficiency gains? Here are a few examples of how she's changed language goals to greater goals, and then re-phrased them to be understandable to a young child:

"GO FROM a goal written like this: Student will use greetings & leave takings appropriately
TO: Students will reflect their partnership in our class community by brightening someone else's day via the greetings & leave takings they use with one another (in Kid Speech: Let's brighten someone else's day by greeting them!)

"...GOING FROM: Student can write a description of a familiar object or person
TO: Students' descriptions of their pets allow all of us in the class community to learn more about each other (Kid Speech: Let's learn more about each other's pets!)

"...GOING FROM: Student demonstrates comprehension of verbal directions
TO: Students take care of classroom materials by listening to, and following, classroom instructions (Kid Speech: Taking care of our classroom also takes care of our planet)"

Read the full post at http://elmundodepepita.blogspot.com/2019/05/envisioning-world-language-goals-that.html