Rod Ellis

Task-Based Language Teaching (eBook, PDF)

Theory and Practice

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Task-based language teaching is an approach which differs from traditional approaches by emphasising the importance of engaging learners' natural abilities for acquiring language incidentally through the performance of tasks that draw learners' attention to form. Drawing on the multiple perspectives and expertise of five leading authorities in the field, this book provides a comprehensive and balanced account of task-based language teaching (TBLT). Split into five sections, the book provides an historical account of the development of TBLT and introduces the key issues facing the area. A number of different theoretical perspectives that have informed TBLT are presented, followed by a discussion on key pedagogic aspects - syllabus design, methodology of a task-based lesson, and task-based assessment. The final sections consider the research that has investigated the effectiveness of TBLT, addresses critiques and suggest directions for future research. Task-based language teaching is now mandated by many educational authorities throughout the world and this book serves as a core source of information for researchers, teachers and students.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108665742
• Artikelnr.: 66180702

Autorenporträt

Rod Ellis is a Research Professor in the School of Education, Curtin University in Perth, Australia, as well as a visiting professor at Shanghai International Studies University and an Emeritus Distinguished Professor of the University of Auckland. His most recent publication is Reflections on Task-Based Language Teaching (2018).

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Introduction: 1. The pedagogic background to task-based language teaching
Part II. Theoretical Perspectives: 2. Cognitive-interactionist perspectives
3. Psycholinguistic perspectives
4. Sociocultural perspectives
5. Psychological perspectives
6. Educational perspectives
Part III. Pedagogical Perspectives: 7. Task-based syllabus design
8. Methodology of task-based language teaching
9. Task-based testing and assessment
Part IV. Investigating TBLT Programmes: 10. Comparative method studies
11. Evaluating task-based language teaching
Part V. Moving Forward: 12. Responding to the critics of task-based language teaching
13. Questions, challenges, and the future.