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Level-adequate reading materials are a key factor to successful foreign language learning. However, teachers need to rely either on prepackaged materials or their experience-based intuition to identify texts matching the required CEFR level. In this context, the LATILL platform aims to provide teachers of German as a foreign and second language with powerful tools for identifying level-adequate texts, helpful information on teaching reading and motivating materials for the classroom. The project will also provide a professional development programme to support level-and-learner-adequate teaching of reading skills. The main beneficiaries will be the learners of German as a foreign or second language, they will have access to up-to-date reading material that meets their specific needs and interests, which is expected to have a positive impact on their reading motivation as well as on their general proficiency in the long term.
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With the support of the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union in its Key Action 2 “Cooperation partnership in school education”. Project LATILL (Level-Adequate Texts in Language Learning, Reference number 2021-1-AT01-KA220-SCH-000029604). The content of this publication does not reflect the official opinion of the European Union. Responsibility for the information and views expressed in the publication lies entirely with the authors.
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Kienberger, M. et al. (2023). Enhancing Adaptive Teaching of Reading Skills Using Digital Technologies: The LATILL Project. In: García-Peñalvo, F.J., García-Holgado, A. (eds) Proceedings TEEM 2022: Tenth International Conference on Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality. TEEM 2022. Lecture Notes in Educational Technology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-0942-1_115
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