The Middle School World Language Program is a proficiency-based model that uses the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) framework.
Making connections and comparisons to other languages and cultures also helps students better understand their own language and culture. Students build higher-level thinking skills through language learning; through rich communicative, cultural, and cross-curricular experiences balanced with a study of formal aspects of language, students come to express themselves and interact appropriately in authentic cross-cultural contexts.