The Conceptual and Methodological Benchmarks of the Foreign Language National Curriculum, 2019 edition

The article presents the conceptual and methodological benchmarks of the National Curriculum for the Foreign Languages school discipline. This revised version is based on several national and international normative documents. The Foreign Languages curriculum is focused on competencies and finalities, i.e. on the product/final acquisitions of the teaching-learning-assessment process. The specific competences set out in the curriculum were derived from the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: linguistic competence, sociolinguistic competence, pragmatic competence and (pluri-/inter)cultural competence. They are meant to be developed through the learning units and are represented, in progress, throughout the whole schooling experience.