Designation:F1562−14StandardGuideforUse-OrientedForeignLanguageInstruction1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationF1562;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thisguidecoversidentificationofthecomponentsofaqualitylanguageinstructionalprogramandestablishescriteriaforeachcomponent.Thisguideismeanttoprovidecriteriafortheminimumstandardforaprogramdesignedtoattainspecifiedlanguageproficiencygoals.2.Terminology2.1DefinitionsofTermsSpecifictoThisStandard:2.1.1asynchronouslearning—learninginwhichcommuni-cationexchangesbetweeninstructorsorlearners,orboth,occurwithashortorlongtimedelay.Learnerscanaccesstheinformationtransmittedfromonepersontoanotheratanytime.Exchangesmayoccurviaemail,blogs,messageboards,podcasts,etc.2.1.2authenticlanguagematerial—materialproducedbynativespeakersfornativespeakersfornonlanguagetrainingpurposes.2.1.3blendedlearning—aninstructionalapproachdesignedtooptimizelearningoutcomes.Itisanintegratedapproachthatcombinestovaryingdegreesface-to-faceinstructor-facilitatedlearningwithe-learningactivitiesandresourcesthatallowsomelevelofstudentcontrolovertime,place,path,orpace,oracombinationthereof,oflearning.2.1.4class(room)hour—50minofinstructionplusa10-minbreak.2.1.5client—theindividualororganizationthatengagestheservicesofalanguagetraininginstitution.2.1.6computer-adaptivesoftware—softwarethatpresentsmaterialsonthebaseofdemonstratedmasteryofpreviousmaterial.2.1.7corpus(pluralcorpora)—acollectionofnaturallyoccurringlanguagesamplescompiledaswrittentextsorasatranscriptionofrecordedspeechstoredelectronically.2.1.8concordance—alistingofeachoccurrenceofaword,phrase,expressionorpatternincorpus,presentedwiththecontextsinwhichtheyappear.2.1.9curriculumplan—aplanthatservesasaframeworkforthedesignandimplementationofinstruction.2...
