English: A Bridge to Communication and Understanding. Curriculum Guide for the Teaching of English in the Public Schools of Puerto Rico, Grades One to Twelve.

Recognizing that different groups of students have different reasons for learning a second language, different language needs, and different intellectual capacities and abilities, this guide presents recommended language skills for an eclectic approach to English as a second language instruction. The language and reading scope and sequence for grades one through twelve include (1) attitudes and values that take into consideration the sociocultural context in which the second language operates, (2) a list of concepts that explain in a very simple way how language operates and how the meaning is related and expressed by the forms within the sentence, (3) language functions or acts that explain what the students can do through language, (4) the grade in which the linguistic skill should be initiated, and (5) specific time distributions per grade for the skills listed. (HOD)