While the topic provides the content, the concept provides the means by which to accomplish the content standards. The QCC revision committee determined that most of the functions of the previous QCC remain valid for foreign language instruction.
Revisions reflect more clearly defined vocabulary, structure, and sample assessments.
Additional content was added to Level II, and Level V QCC was developed in response to the need for longer sequences of foreign language study. Listening, speaking, reading, and writing proficiently require that the learners have abundant opportunities to practice using and learning the language. The expectation is that students will be able to perform the listed standards and then improve continually upon them, not that they perform the standards once for a test and then move on in a linear fashion to the next strand and standards. In today's foreign language classroom, teachers must model the use of the target language by using it as the means for daily, routine instruction. The foreign language classroom is usually the only setting in which students have an opportunity to enjoy immersion in the target language.