Designing Effective Language Learning Materials for Less Commonly Taught Languages - Amber Kennedy Kent - Bog

"Many teachers of less commonly taught languages, or LCTLs, find themselves in the position of needing access to quality language teaching and learning materials where none exist, or where those that do are extremely outdated. Designing Effective Language Learning Materials for Less Commonly Taught Languages is a concise guide for language instructors or anyone with an interest in developing language learning materials. While guiding instructors through the development process using the ADDIE model of instructional design (Analysis - Design - Development - Implementation - Evaluation), èOzðcelik and Kennedy Kent present examples from many different languages, provide reflection questions for readers to consider at the end of each chapter, and give concrete strategies and tips throughout the process. Readers will come away from the book with a more comprehensive understanding of how to develop materials world language learning in general, and LCTL learning in particular, and a clear roadmap for doing so"--