Task-based language teaching in foreign language contexts : research and implementation

✍ Scribed by Ali Shehadeh; Christine A Coombe

Publisher: John Benjamins Pub. Co
Year: 2012
Tongue: English
Leaves: 384
Series: Task-based language teaching, v. 4
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This final chapter builds on issues which have been discussed implicitly or explicitly within the volume. I address five themes: research methodology; contextual adaptations; TBLT in Chinese contexts; assessment; and teacher education. I conclude by speculating on some possible future directions for TBLT and some avenues for further research.

Content: 1. Preface, pxi-xiv; 2. Foreword (by Pica, Teresa), pxv-xx; 3. Chapter 1. Introduction: Broadening the perspective of task-based language teaching scholarship: The contribution of research in foreign language contexts (by Shehadeh, Ali), p1-20; 4. Section I. Variables affecting task-based language learning and performance; 5. Chapter 2. Effects of task complexity and pre-task planning on Japanese EFL learners' oral production (by Sasayama, Shoko), p23-42; 6. Chapter 3. Measuring task complexity: Does EFL proficiency matter? (by Malicka, Aleksandra), p43-66; 7. Chapter 4. Effects of strategic planning on the accuracy of oral and written tasks in the performance of Turkish EFL learners (by Genc, Zubeyde Sinem), p67-88; 8. Chapter 5. Effects of task instructions on text processing and learning in a Japanese EFL college nursing setting (by Horiba, Yukie), p89-108; 9. Chapter 6. Task structure and patterns of interaction: What can we learn from observing native speakers performing tasks? (by Hobbs, James), p109-134; 10. Section II. Implementation of task-based language teaching; 11. Chapter 7. Patterns of corrective feedback in a task-based adult EFL classroom setting in China (by Iwashita, Noriko), p137-162; 12. Chapter 8. Incidental learner-generated focus on form in a task-based EFL classroom (by Moore, Paul J.), p163-186; 13. Chapter 9. Qualitative differences in novice teachers' enactment of task-based language teaching in Hong Kong primary classrooms (by Chan, Sui Ping (Shirley)), p187-214; 14. Chapter 10. Implementing computer-assisted task-based language teaching in the Korean secondary EFL context (by Park, Moonyoung), p215-240; 15. Chapter 11. Task-based language teaching through film-oriented activities in a teacher education program in Venezuela (by Chacon, Carmen Teresa), p241-266; 16. Chapter 12. Task-based language teacher education in an undergraduate program in Japan (by Jackson, Daniel O.), p267-286; 17. Chapter 13. Incorporating a formative assessment cycle into task-based language teaching in a university setting in Japan (by Weaver, Christopher), p287-312; 18. Chapter 14. Language teachers' perceptions of a task-based learning programme in a French University (by McAllister, Julie), p313-342; 19. Epilogue. What is next for task-based language teaching?; 20. Chapter 15. TBLT in EFL settings: Looking back and moving forward (by Carless, David), p345-358; 21. About the contributors, p359-362; 22. Index, p363-364
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Explores the potential of task-based language teaching (TBLT) in a range of EFL contexts. This title provides empirical accounts about how TBLT practice is being developed and researched in diverse Read more...

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