PRINCIPLES AND STANDARDS FOR LEARNING ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE IN ISRAELI SCHOOLS Acknowledgements Introduction Rationale for a New Curriculum Goals Organization of the Curriculum Description of Terms Principles Principles Underlying Language Learning Principles Underlying Language Teaching Principles Underlying Choice of Materials Principles Underlying Choice of Content Principles Underlying Choice of Tasks Principles Underlying Classroom Assessment Domains: Standards, Levels of Progression, Benchmarks and Criteria Standards for Each Domain Levels of Progression for Each Domain Domain of Social Interaction Domain of Access to Information Domain of Presentation Domain of Appreciation of Literature and Culture, and Language Issues Pupil Diversity Recommendations to Schools for Implementing the Curriculum A Personal Note Bibliography To the Hebrew site To the site of the English Inspectorate