The Natural Approach: a traditional teaching method for achieving Quantum Literacy proficiency

The highly specialized field of quantum technologies has established a foundation and a source of inspiration for integrating innovative educational practices. In this realm, we heightened the Natural Approach, as defined by Krashen and Terrell as a synonym conform to the naturalistic principles of second language acquisition. The emphasis of treating quantum mechanics as a naturalistic framework concerns our disposition to view it as a vehicle for communicating meanings acquired through the hierarchical structure complexity of containing inputs, transformations and associations of the targeted solution by stages. The assumption of a linguistic hierarchy consists of lexicon symbols considered of primary importance in the construction and interpretation of achieving quantum physics (QP) literacy readiness for progressing towards more specialized areas covering the full breath of QP knowledge. The principal tenets of Krashen and Terrell Natural Approach theory are aligned to a linguistic system claiming acquisition/learning in the natural way and the capacity to correct ourselves when we communicate QP knowledge. We construct on the linguistic system hypotheses a set of general design principles and a syllabus approach aimed at fitting the needs and interest of students while pursuing communicative goals at the end of a course to the required proficiency level.