Task-based language learning and teaching with technology / edited by Michael Thomas and Hayo Reinders.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Thomas, Michael, 1969-

Reinders, Hayo.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Computer-assisted instruction.

Language and languages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 242 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, [2010]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Deconstructing tasks and technology / Michael Thomas and Hayo Reinders

Research on the use of technology in task-based language teaching / Andreas Müller-Hartmann and Marita Schocker-v. Ditfurth

Task-based language teaching in network-based CALL : an analysis of research on learner interaction in synchronous CMC / Mark Peterson

Taking intelligent CALL to task / Mathias Schulze

Effects of multimodality in computer-mediated communication tasks / Glenn Stockwell

Measuring complexity in task-based synchronous computer-mediated communication / Karina Collentine

Task design for a virtual learning environment in a distance language course / Regine Hampel

Teacher developmetn, TBLT and technology / Thomas Raith and Volker Hegelheimer

Edubba : real-world writing tasks in a virtual world / Kenneth Reeder

The enactment of task design in telecollaboration 2.0 / Mirjam Hauck

Afterword : future directions for technology-mediated tasks / Gary Motteram and Michael Thomas.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014. Available via World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreement. s2014 dcunns

Other Format:

Original

ISBN:

9781474212366

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.