Distal goal

My distal goal is to develop a plan in an inquiry-based unit for new language learners in a language immersion program. 

For me, this goal stems from the question of how to go about teaching language in a meaningful, engaging way when the instruction relies on being very teacher-led to provide modelled language. I think about the structured teaching required to teach language and how it makes me reluctant to incorporate more inquiry-based learning that can be more student-led, especially since I am one teacher with 20 students. I know that I am successful in teaching my students language as they have picked up conversational French by the end of the year, but I am looking to expand my program into one that can incorporate inquiry-based learning as efficiently as you could in a classroom where students are already fully communicating in the language of instruction. I know that achieving this goal will progress my program in the direction of the innovation of education and will better prepare my students for their futures in education. It's important to me to have a program where learning language doesn't hinder other integral aspects of learning.