Reflections on Task-Based language teaching / Rod Ellis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ellis, Rod, author.

Series:

Second language acquisition (Clevedon, England)

Second Language Acquisition

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Study and teaching.

Language and languages.

Task analysis in education.

Second language acquisition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (309 pages).

Place of Publication:

Channel View Publications 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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

A brief history of task-based language teaching and research

Task-based research and language pedagogy

Non-reciprocal tasks, comprehension and second language acquisition

Focus on form : a critical review

Preparing learners to perform tasks

Is there a role for explicit instruction in task-based language teaching?

Measuring second language learners : performance of tasks

Task-based language pedagogy

Task-based language teaching : sorting out the misunderstandings

Moving task-based language teaching forward

Towards a modular curriculum

An options-based approach to doing task-based language teaching

Teachers evaluating tasks

Key issues in task-based research and pedagogy.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781788920155

1788920155