Whole Curriculum

CI Liftoff

CI Liftoff - Stepping Stones curricular framework, created by Tina Hargaden. Foundations is the Stepping Stones curriculum pared-down to it's highest-leverage components. Or, choose the bundle of FOUNDATIONS + Stepping Stones Curriculum - "a structured, standards-aligned framework for daily lessons, unit planning, and sequencing the year and program that gives you the train tracks and map to your destination, while allowing for an almost-infinite degree of flexibility."

Somos Curriculum

Designed by Martina Bex (The Comprehensible Classroom), the Somos Curriculum is a comprehensive multi-year curriculum in Spanish, French, or Latin. "Through the course of each unit, students use all four communicative skills: reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Its student-centered lessons bring together language and culture in each lesson sequence, preparing students for the real world."

Look! I Can Talk!

The Look! I Can Talk! series is a multi-level curricula by TPRS Books, created by Blaine Ray, available in 5 languages - Spanish, French, German, English, and Chinese. The materials can be adapted to any language. The company behind TPRS Books runs many conferences and trainings, including their TPRS University - a four-part intensive training in TPRS and supportive strategies. It is even possible to get University credit.

Immediate Immersion

Immediate Immersion was developed by Scott Benedict and contains 24 lessons based on Terry Waltz’s Super Verbs and Mike Peto’s Sweet 16 Verbs along with high-frequency vocabulary to maximize efficiency in providing comprehensible input to students. It's available in Spanish and French.

Zhongwen Bu mafan

Zhongwen Bu Mafan, developed by Terry Waltz, gives you everything you need to teach total beginners Mandarin Chinese using Comprehensible Input. These classroom-tested activities coordinate with engaging, fully illustrated storybooks (included in convenient digital flipbook form for you to project or screenshare) to build confident, joyful readers. There are also resources in Spanish, French, German, English, & Indonesian on Terry's website.

Sabine und michael

Sabine und Michael is a curriculum of TPRS Materials for German teachers made by a German teacher, Michael Miller. The Wunderkindlanguages website that hosts these materials also has great resources and articles to explore.

El Mundo en tus manos

EL MUNDO EN TUS MANOS is a bi-weekly news publication that has been providing comprehensible news summaries from Spanish speaking countries to students since 2016. It is a collaboration between The Comprehensible Classroom, Maris Hawkins and Nelly Andrade-Hughes. With multiple versions of each article, Spanish language learners in Levels 1 - AP Spanish and Spanish Language Arts/Spanish for Spanish Speakers courses will find articles that they can read and understand in every issue.

Le Petit Journal Francophone

Le Petit Journal Francophone by Cécile Lainé, is a regular publication that provides comprehensible news summaries from the Francophone world to learners of French for both Novice and Intermediate readers. Previous years' worth are free, while there is a small fee for the current year subscription.

Collaborative Resource Database

Martina Bex from The Comprehensible Classroom has several databases to help teachers connect and share their resources and ideas. Check it out here.

Complete Spanish Course

Jalen Waltman offers her Complete Spanish Course from level 1 - AP on their website.

Universal Language Curriculum

Lance Piantaggini created the Universal Language Curriculum as a free google doc. This curriculum can be applied universally to any world language program. It’s based on learner-centered personalization of content leading to acquisition of the target language.

Huellas - upper level Spanish

Huellas - Created by Carrie Toth with inspiration from the AP themes, the Sustainable Development Goals, and ACTFL's Proficiency Levels, this curriculum can meet the needs of your upper level Spanish students.

Voces Digital

Voces is a collection of World Language titles in French, Spanish, Italian, German, & ESL housed in an easily accessible, web-based platform. Each title in the Voces library contains vast online resources meant to help both teachers and students get inspired and get ahead. Their YouTube series Weekly Wednesday Webinar also has great videos.

Toward Proficiency

Cécile Lainé created (and provides free of charge) the Comprehension-Based Classroom - Year 1 document to help outline her plans with helpful links. She also provided the Year 3 (next proficiency level target) outline, though it has not been updated since 2018.

Habia Una Vez - elementary Spanish

Había una vez - Year 1 is a Spanish curriculum for elementary FLES students. It will work best with students from preschool through second grade.

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