Guidance for Online and Technology-Based World Language
The increased availability of online courses and commercially available products in the past 10 years has given language learners greater access to a wide range of nontraditional language-learning options. This resource guide briefly examines the essential components of effective online world language courses and commercially available language-learning products in three contexts:
Today’s world language learners;
The increased emphases on credit flexibility and accountability; and
Best practices in the field of world language study.
It also presents a number of questions that should be posed by those individuals charged with selecting online language learning options and commercial products to help determine their appropriateness for student use.