The LATILL project provides open educational resources for GFL teachers, including a search engine for identifying texts at CEFR levels A1-B2 on desired topics. The search can be carried out in a corresponding corpus and also on the Internet. To initiate change at the classroom level and overcome the theory-practice problems of top-down approaches in teacher education, the LATILL platform was developed in a joint effort of foreign language researchers and teachers; this collaboration included a webinar series for GFL teachers based on experiential and reflective principles, with freely accessible materials. In an accompanying evaluation study, the use of the developed tools and materials in Spanish and Ukrainian secondary school classrooms was examined and conclusions were drawn on desirable improvements to the tools, materials and accompanying measures presented on the LATILL platform (https//: latill.eu) and implemented.
Foreign language reading skills are essential for gaining access to information in other countries, comparing different perspectives on complex issues and collaborating to solve problems in international contexts. Teaching these crucial skills to GFL learners cannot only rely on ready-made materials in textbooks, but must use reading materials that (1) address current topics to build reading motivation and (2) are appropriate to the students' language level to develop their reading skills. Most learning contexts require individualization and in the field of foreign language reading, this means that teachers must be able to provide texts of varying levels of difficulty to a group of students in order to effectively promote individual development. Therefore, the LATILL project developed digital tools for GFL teachers that enable them to identify and prepare texts suitable for their different classes and individual learners using generative AI tools.