Second Language Acquisition and Task-Based Language Teaching

2014-07-31
Second Language Acquisition and Task-Based Language Teaching

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  • Author: Mike Long
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
  • ISBN: 1118882210
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 456

This book offers an in-depth explanation of Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) and the methods necessary to implement it in the language classroom successfully. Combines a survey of theory and research in instructed second language acquisition (ISLA) with insights from language teaching and the philosophy of education Details best practice for TBLT programs, including discussion of learner needs and means analysis; syllabus design; materials writing; choice of methodological principles and pedagogic procedures; criterion-referenced, task-based performance assessment; and program evaluation Written by an esteemed scholar of second language acquisition with over 30 years of research and classroom experience Considers diffusion of innovation in education and the potential impact of TBLT on foreign and second language learning

Task-Based Language Teaching

2019-10-17
Task-Based Language Teaching

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  • Author: Rod Ellis
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN: 1108494080
  • Category : Foreign Language Study
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 435

A comprehensive account of the research and practice of task-based language teaching.

Reflections on Task-Based Language Teaching

2018-06-18
Reflections on Task-Based Language Teaching

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  • Author: Rod Ellis
  • Publisher: Multilingual Matters
  • ISBN: 1788920155
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 273

Task-based language teaching is now a well-established pedagogic approach but problematic issues remain, such as whether it is appropriate for all learners and in all instructional contexts. This book draws on the author’s experience of working with teachers, together with his knowledge of relevant research and theory, to examine the key issues. It proposes flexible ways in which tasks can be designed and implemented in the language classroom to address the problems that teachers often face with task-based language teaching. It will appeal to researchers and teachers who are interested in task-based language teaching and the practical and theoretical issues involved. It will also be of interest to students and researchers working in the areas of applied linguistics, TESOL and second language acquisition.

Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching

2001-04-09
Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching

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  • Author: Jack C. Richards
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN: 0521803659
  • Category : Foreign Language Study
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 310

In addition to the approaches and methods covered in the first edition, this edition includes new chapters, such as whole language, multiple intelligences, neurolinguistic programming, competency-based language teaching, co-operative language learning, content-based instruction, task-based language teaching, and The Post-Methods Era.

Task-based Language Learning and Teaching

2003-04-03
Task-based Language Learning and Teaching

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  • Author: Rod Ellis
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • ISBN: 9780194421591
  • Category : Foreign Language Study
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 404

This book explores the relationship between research, teaching, and tasks, and seeks to clarify the issues raised by recent work in this field. The book shows how research and task-based teaching can mutually inform each other and illuminate the areas of task-based course design, methodology, and assessment. The author brings an accessible style and broad scope to an area of contemporary importance to both SLA and language pedagogy.

Task-Based Language Learning and Teaching with Technology

2013-03-14
Task-Based Language Learning and Teaching with Technology

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  • Author: Michael Thomas
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
  • ISBN: 1441138749
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 272

This edited collection considers the relationship between task-based language teaching (TBLT) and technology-enhanced learning. TBLT is concerned with a number of macro-tasks such as information gathering and problem-solving as well as evaluative tasks, all of which are increasingly available via online and Web-based technologies. Technology Enhanced Learning refers to a broad conception of technology use in the language classroom and incorporates a range of interactive learning technologies such as Interactive Whiteboards and mobile learning devices.The popularity of Web 2.0 technologies (blogs, wikis, social networking sites, podcasting, virtual worlds), as well as practical applications of mobile learning, place a fresh emphasis on creating project-orientated language learning tasks with a clear real-world significance for learners of foreign languages. This book examines the widespread interest in these new technology-enhanced learning environments and looks at how they are being used to promote task-based learning. This book will appeal to practioners and researchers in applied linguistics, second language acquisition and education studies.

The Cambridge Handbook of Task-Based Language Teaching

2021-12-09
The Cambridge Handbook of Task-Based Language Teaching

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  • Author: Mohammad Javad Ahmadian
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN: 110886502X
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 820

Written by leading international experts, this handbook provides an accessible resource to task-based language teaching for teachers, as well as academic researchers. Chapters in the volume are presented in a reader-friendly style, with ideas made accessible through case studies, questions for discussion, and suggested further readings.

Foundational Principles of Task-Based Language Teaching

2021-06-30
Foundational Principles of Task-Based Language Teaching

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  • Author: Martin East
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 1000398447
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 188

This book is available Open Access. This book introduces readers to the concept of task-based language teaching (TBLT), a learner-centred and experiential approach to language teaching and learning. Based on the premise that language learners can enhance their second language acquisition (SLA) through engagement in communicative tasks that compel them to use language for themselves, TBLT stands in contrast to more traditional approaches. Accessible and comprehensive, this book provides a foundational overview of the principles and practice of TBLT and demystifies what TBLT looks like in the classroom. Complete with questions for reflection, pedagogical extensions for application in real classrooms and further reading suggestions in every chapter, this valuable and informative text is vital for anyone interested in TBLT, whether as students, researchers or teachers.

Input-based Tasks in Foreign Language Instruction for Young Learners

2016-03-24
Input-based Tasks in Foreign Language Instruction for Young Learners

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  • Author: Natsuko Shintani
  • Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
  • ISBN: 9027267308
  • Category : Foreign Language Study
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 199

The book examines how task-based language teaching (TBLT) can be carried out with young beginner learners in a foreign language context. It addresses how TBLT can be introduced and implemented in a difficult instructional context where traditional teaching approaches are entrenched. The book reports a study that examined how TBLT can be made to work in such a context. The study compares the effectiveness of TBLT and the traditional “present-practice-produce” (PPP) approach for teaching English to young beginner learners in Japan. The TBLT researched in this study is unique as it employed input-based tasks rather than oral production tasks. The study shows that such tasks constitute an ideal means of inducting beginner learners into listening and processing English. It also shows that such tasks lead naturally to the learners trying to use the L2 in communication. It provides evidence to support the claim that TBLT promotes the kind of naturalistic interaction which is beneficial for the development of both interactional and linguistic competence. The book concludes with suggestions for how to implement TBLT in Japanese school contexts.

Using Tasks in Second Language Teaching

2020-07-07
Using Tasks in Second Language Teaching

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  • Author: Craig Lambert
  • Publisher: Multilingual Matters
  • ISBN: 1788929454
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 365

This book examines the use of tasks in second language instruction in a variety of international contexts, and addresses the need for a better understanding of how tasks are used in teaching and program-level decision-making. The chapters consider the key issues, examples, benefits and challenges that teachers, program designers and researchers face in using tasks in a diverse range of contexts around the world, and aim to understand practitioners’ concerns with the relationship between tasks and performance. They provide examples of how tasks are used with learners of different ages and different proficiency levels, in both face-to-face and online contexts. In documenting these uses of tasks, the authors of the various chapters illuminate cultural, educational and institutional factors that can make the effective use of tasks more or less difficult in their particular context.