A step-by-step guide to designing materials for learning world languages, from expert instructional designers
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access to quality language teaching and learning materials where none exist, or where those that do are extremely outdated.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 leading instructors through the development process using the ADDIE model of instructional design (Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, Evaluation), Özçelik and 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 for world language learning in general, and LCTL learning in particular, and a clear roadmap for doing so.
Simply written and free of overly complicated jargon or rhetoric, Designing Effective Language Learning Materials for Less Commonly Taught Languages will be an invaluable reference for novice and experienced instructors alike, as well as directors of language programs.
Table of Contents
Preface
Tables and Figures
Introduction
ANALYSIS
1. Needs Assessment and Analysis
2. Learner and Contextual Analysis
DESIGN
3. Curriculum Design
4. Identifying Learning Objectives
5. Summative Assessment
6. Formative Assessment: Practice
7. Instruction: Language Points, i.e., Grammar Notes
8. Cultural Notes
DEVELOPMENT
9. Scope and Sequence
10. Front matter and Back matter
11. Chapter Content: Organization and Essentials
12. Visual Design
13. Multimedia
IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION
14. Implementation: Piloting and Instructor Feedback
15. Evaluation
16. Publishing
17. Conclusion
Appendices
References
About the Authors
About CeLCAR
Index
Reviews
"This practical book is grounded in years of experience developing, piloting, and evaluating high-quality textbooks in a range of less commonly taught languages. It will be an invaluable resource for LCTL teachers, curriculum developers, and program directors."—Kate Paesani, associate professor of French and director of the Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA), University of Minnesota,
"Özçelik and Kennedy Kent use their extensive experience working with LCTL instructors to create a clear, practical, and principled guide to designing and implementing high-quality instructional materials that actually meet LCTL students’ needs. This superb resource will quickly become the reference for LCTL instructors and for professional development activities worldwide."—Koen Van Gorp, assistant professor and LCTL coordinator, Michigan State University,
"From conducting needs assessments to publishing instructional materials, Özçelik and Kennedy Kent have written a clear and concise manual for LCTL teachers who want to create effective teaching materials following a research-based and classroom-tested instructional design model. This guide is an indispensable addition to the unfortunately limited toolbox available to LCTL professionals."—Fernando Rubio, director, Second Language Teaching and Research Center (L2TReC), University of Utah,
About the Author
Öner Özçelik is an associate professor and chair of Central Eurasian studies at Indiana University Bloomington, and former director and chief applied linguist for Indiana University’s Center for Languages of the Central Asian Region (CeLCAR). He has a PhD in linguistics from McGill University with a specialization in second language acquisition, and has published widely in leading linguistics and second language acquisition journals.
Amber Kennedy Kent is the Language Instruction Specialist at CeLCAR. She earned MAs in applied linguistics and computational linguistics, as well as a graduate certificate in instructional design, from Indiana University.
