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ACTFL 21St Century Skills Meet Technology Infographic

The document outlines 11 skills that students should develop to be effective communicators and global citizens in an increasingly interconnected world: communication, collaboration, critical thinking and problem solving, creativity and innovation, information literacy, media literacy, technology literacy, flexibility and adaptability, initiative and self-direction, social and cross-cultural skills, and productivity and accountability. Developing these skills involves using languages to engage in meaningful conversations across cultures, sharing responsibility with global teams, exploring problems from different perspectives, responding to new ideas, accessing and evaluating authentic sources, adapting to ambiguity, setting goals for language learning, understanding diverse cultures, and taking responsibility for one's own learning.

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ACTFL 21St Century Skills Meet Technology Infographic

The document outlines 11 skills that students should develop to be effective communicators and global citizens in an increasingly interconnected world: communication, collaboration, critical thinking and problem solving, creativity and innovation, information literacy, media literacy, technology literacy, flexibility and adaptability, initiative and self-direction, social and cross-cultural skills, and productivity and accountability. Developing these skills involves using languages to engage in meaningful conversations across cultures, sharing responsibility with global teams, exploring problems from different perspectives, responding to new ideas, accessing and evaluating authentic sources, adapting to ambiguity, setting goals for language learning, understanding diverse cultures, and taking responsibility for one's own learning.

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Skills

Communication

Meet

Emerging Technologies

Students as effective communicators use languages to engage in meaningful conversation, to understand and interpret spoken language and written text, and to present information, concepts, and ideas.

Collaboration
Students as collaborators use their native and acquired languages to learn from and work cooperatively across cultures with global team members, sharing responsibility and making necessary compromises while working toward a common goal.

Critical Thinking & Problem Solving


Students as inquirers frame, analyze, and synthesize information as well as negotiate meaning across language and culture in order to explore problems and issues from their own and different perspectives.

Creativity & Innovation


Students as creators and innovators respond to new and diverse perspectives. They use language in imaginative and original ways to make useful contributions.

Information Literacy
Students as informed global citizens access, manage, and effectively use culturally authentic sources in ethical and legal ways.

Media Literacy
Students as active global citizens evaluate authentic sources to understand how media reflect and influence language and culture.

Technology Literacy
Students as productive global citizens use appropriate technologies when interpreting messages, interacting with others, and producing written, oral, and visual messages.

Flexibility & Adaptability


Students as flexible and adaptable language learners are open-minded, willing to take risks, and accept the ambiguity of language while balancing diverse global perspectives.

Initiative & Self-Direction


Students as life-long learners are motivated to set their own goals and reflect on their progress as they grow and improve their linguistic and cultural competence.

Social & Cross-Cultural Skills


Students as adept language learners understand diverse cultural perspectives and use appropriate socio-linguistic skills in order to function in diverse cultural and linguistic contexts

Productivity & Accountability


Students as productive and accountable learners take responsibility for their own learning by actively working to increase their language proficiency and cultural knowledge.

Leadership & Responsibility


Students as responsible leaders leverage their linguistic and cross-cultural skills to inspire others to be fair, accepting, open, and understanding within and beyond the local community.

Created by Lauren Rosen

Please note: This is a suggested list and in no way an exhaustive list of the possible tools to support the World Languages 21st Century Skills.

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