Technology-mediated TBLT : researching technology and tasks / edited by Marta Gónzalez-Lloret, University of Hawai'i at Manoa ; Lourdes Ortega, Georgetown University.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

González-Lloret, Marta, editor.

Ortega, Lourdes, editor.

Series:

Task-based language teaching ; Volume 6.

Task-Based Language Teaching: Issues, Research and Practice (TBLT) ; Volume 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Computer-assisted instruction.

Language and languages.

Language and languages--Study and teaching--Methodology.

Task analysis in education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (342 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, Netherlands ; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This chapter describes and evaluates an intermediate online, task-based Chinese course through an analysis of learner performance on the course tasks and assessments, including the performance-based assessments (PBAs) developed specifically for the course. After a brief consideration of online instruction and task-based language teaching (TBLT), the online TBLT course is described in some depth and the technology-mediated pedagogic tasks and associated PBAs are presented. The findings from these tasks and assessments are then reported, followed by a discussion of what the outcomes data reveale

Contents:

Technology-mediated TBLT; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of content; Chapter 1.Towards technology-mediated TBLT; Introduction; CALL and TBLT: Potential for synergies; Towards a new understanding of technology-and-task integration: Technology-mediated TBLT; Structure of the collection; Summary of the main chapters; Limitations and future research; References; Chapter 2.The need for needs analysis in technology-mediated TBLT; Introduction; Defining and conducting a NA: Needs, wants, desires; Examples of NA in language teaching; The central role of NA in TBLT

Early NAs in technology-mediated education: Tasks, language, and technology needsPropelling technology to center stage in NA for technology-mediated TBLT; What to include in a NA of technology-mediated TBLT; Tasks; Tools; Digital literacies; Access to technology; Looking forward to the future: A new model of TBLT and needs analysis; Conclusion; References; Chapter 3.Prior knowledge and second language task production in text chat; Introduction; Tasks in computer-mediated contexts; Task complexity and language production; Prior knowledge and task-based performance

The Cognition Hypothesis and CMCThe present study; Method; Participants; The task; Procedure; Data collection; Coding of complexity, accuracy, and fluency in CMC data; Results; Discussion; Conclusion; References; Chapter 4.Textbooks, tasks, and technology; Introduction; Tasks and TBLT in textbook-bound contexts for L2 learning and teaching; The action research study; Online TBLT design: The Story Telling Contest task; Method; Participants; Task design and implementation; Data collection and analysis; Results; Quantitative evidence of student perceptions

Qualitative evidence from questionnaires Further insights from interviews; Summary of qualitative perceptions; Evidence from gap-filling test on narrative tenses; Discussion ; Limitations and conclusion; PostScript; References; Digital Tools; Anchor 76; Appendix A; Appendix B; Chapter 5.Promoting foreign language collaborative writing through the use of Web 2.0 tools and tasks ; Introduction; Teaching task-based process writing; Collaboration and social, mediated learning; Chats and wikis as Web 2.0 social tools for language learning; The genres of argumentation and exposition

Our previous research and present research questionsMethod; Participants; Procedure and schedule; The task-based writing module; Data; Analysis; Results; Composition elements: Effects of social tool and genre; Synchronous Interactions in Chats: Collaboration and scaffolding; Accuracy and syntactic complexity of task products; Discussion; The role of chats and wikis in task-based collaborative writing; Insights about writing in two genres; Accuracy and syntactic complexity of essay products; A cautionary note on accuracy ; Limitations and conclusion; References

Chapter 6.TBLT and synthetic immersive environments

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9789027270191

9027270198

OCLC:

883374073