Expanding Supports for Data-Driven Language Instruction

The project team will strengthen the functionality of Lingo Jingo, an on-line foreign language teaching and learning website, by adding lesson development capabilities, management tools, analytic capabilities, and activities aligned with commonly used language textbooks. The product will be used by middle and high school teachers to develop or modify classroom instruction, assign lessons, and provide diagnostic information about student learning. In the Phase I pilot research, the team will examine whether the software prototype functions as planned, if teachers are able to integrate it within the classroom environment, and whether students are engaged with the prototype