Language learning “products” can come in many forms. For students, there are complete audio-lingual (“direct method”) course packages; cooperative/competitive Card,  Board, and other Games; one– to many-use Tear-Off Pads; reproducible print lessons and books; downloadable activities; audio/visual material (on CDs/DVDs or online); complete curricula of core texts and ancillaries; self-teaching Answer Keys; and more. For educators and student teachers, informational articles, face-to-face workshops, online webinars, training courses, and How-to Resource Activity & Idea Books are likely to be of help, too. 

One approach to language teaching/learning is from "very small" to "very large"—i.e. beginning with basic elements (sounds, symbols, and letters) and building abilities step by step through words (Phonics, Spelling, Vocabulary), phrasing, and sentence structure to connected discourse.  Of course, individual teachers and learners may start at and progress through and to various language-proficiency levels, from pre-literate through beginning and intermediate to advanced and beyond, at various rates.

And these abilities may vary according to the particular skills in focus.  For instance, a native or non-native speaker of English may be better able to understand speech than to talk—or to read language than to write it—or vice versa.  Or s/he might be much better at oral communication than written or the reverse. Of course, proficiency levels in a learner's first language are likely to be "higher" than those in his/her second language or a foreign language.   

And finally, there are language uses: competencies like starting out in a new culture, finding housing, using transportation, getting help, doing work, socializing, etc. There are language functions such as making small talk, offering, accepting or refusing, apologizing, agreeing or disagreeing, and many more. There's knowledge leading to U.S. citizenship and productive, satisfying participation in society. There's content related to the social and physical sciences, math, business and commerce, and other major subjects of study, as well as academic language skills needed for access to higher education.

The products, information, downloads, and ideas available through Authors & Editors range from bits and pieces to complete programs with ancillaries. For links to various ways of categorizing materials, methodologies, and available language-ed products, go to the Pull-Down Menus of "What's Available Now?"