Reflections on task-based language teaching / Rod Ellis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ellis, Rod.

Contributor:

Class of 1932 Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Study and teaching.

Language and languages.

Second language acquisition.

Physical Description:

xiii, 300 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Bristol ; Blue Ridge Summit : Multilingual Matters, 2018.

Summary:

This book discusses whether task-based language teaching is appropriate for all learners in all instructional contexts. Chapters cover both research and pedagogy and draw on the author's experience of working with teachers to suggest ways of addressing the problems they often face with task-based language teaching.

Contents:

Part 1 Introduction; 1 A Brief History of Task-based Language Teaching; 2 Task-based Research and Language Pedagogy; Part 2 Researching Task-based Teaching; 3 Non-Reciprocal Tasks, Comprehension and Second Language Acquisition; 4 Focus on Form; 5 Preparing Learners to Perform Tasks; 6 Is There a Role for Explicit Instruction in Task-based Language Teaching?; 7 Measuring Second Language Learners' Oral Performance of Tasks; Part 3 Task-based Language Pedagogy

8 Task-based Language Teaching: Sorting Out theMisunderstandings9 Moving Task-based Language Teaching Forward; 10 Towards a Modular Language Curriculum for Using Tasks; 11 An Options-based Approach to Doing Task-based Language Teaching; 12 Teachers Evaluating Tasks; Part 4 Conclusion; References; Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-296) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.

ISBN:

1788920139

9781788920131

1788920120

9781788920124

OCLC:

1020312028