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THE ONTARIO CURRICULUM, GRADES 9–12 | Classical Studies and International Languages
for organizing ideas in a writing assignment, or offering constructive and descriptive feedback about work produced by their peers. A high-quality international language program should provide daily opportunities for students to engage in various oral activities in connection with expectations in all four strands.
It is imperative that teachers plan instructional activities that integrate expectations across the strands in order to highlight the interconnectedness of language and culture in the development of literacy skills. For this reason, language structures and conventions should be taught along with cultural concepts so that students are exposed to the key elements of language through contextualized work done across all four strands.
See the overview to international languages (page 109) for a description of each strand in the international languages courses.
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