Guideline 5

Learn language through prolonged exposure

Materials reflect the understanding that students learn language through prolonged exposure along with opportunities to negotiate content and ideas in the target language, with scaffolds and supports for further development as needed.

Guideline 14

Consistent formative assessment and feedback strategies

Materials provide teacher guidance for consistent formative assessment and feedback strategies that support students’ language proficiencies and content understanding.

Specification 5A

Curriculum spirals concepts, skills, and language throughout to give students consistent exposure and multiple opportunities to learn them over time.

Specification 14A

Teacher materials guide formative assessment and feedback strategies for teachers during student-led discussions and presentations. The materials should guide teachers to assess students’ oral language abilities, content knowledge, and disciplinary practices and to determine how students need support in developing the concepts, practices, and oral language to express them.