AO Scenario Webs*

The Action-oriented Approach (AoA) is one of the key concepts of the CEFR. With the AoA, learners are seen as ‘social agents’ (i.e., someone who exerts their own agency to accomplish real-life tasks). Tasks are critical in the AoA as it is the task that provides the purpose for action, and also frames the learning that takes place within the scenario (learning module) so that the learner can successfully accomplish the task at hand. The AoA moves away from ‘forward design’ in curriculum planning, instead, favouring ‘backward design’ (Piccardo & North, 2019), which involves planning back from action-oriented tasks.

 

This resource offers multiple AO Scenarios (AO Task/support material and Subtasks that help the learner to develop the competences needed to accomplish the task) that are aligned with the FSL Ontario Curriculum, and the CEFR. All of the AO Scenarios presented are conceptualized through 'AO Scenario Webs.' To learn more about Scenario Webs, please visit the Teacher Instructions page on this website.

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*The notion of  “Scenario Webs” is part of Danielle Hunter’s PhD thesis, under the supervision of Dr. Enrica Piccardo