Second Language Acquisition and Task-Based Language Teaching
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Language Arts, Linguistics
| Author: | Mike Long | ISBN: | 9781118882214 |
| Publisher: | Wiley | Publication: | July 31, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Wiley-Blackwell | Language: | English |
| Author: | Mike Long |
| ISBN: | 9781118882214 |
| Publisher: | Wiley |
| Publication: | July 31, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Language: | English |
This book offers an in-depth explanation of Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) and the methods necessary to implement it in the language classroom successfully.
- Combines a survey of theory and research in instructed second language acquisition (ISLA) with insights from language teaching and the philosophy of education
- Details best practice for TBLT programs, including discussion of learner needs and means analysis; syllabus design; materials writing; choice of methodological principles and pedagogic procedures; criterion-referenced, task-based performance assessment; and program evaluation
- Written by an esteemed scholar of second language acquisition with over 30 years of research and classroom experience
- Considers diffusion of innovation in education and the potential impact of TBLT on foreign and second language learning
This book offers an in-depth explanation of Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) and the methods necessary to implement it in the language classroom successfully.
- Combines a survey of theory and research in instructed second language acquisition (ISLA) with insights from language teaching and the philosophy of education
- Details best practice for TBLT programs, including discussion of learner needs and means analysis; syllabus design; materials writing; choice of methodological principles and pedagogic procedures; criterion-referenced, task-based performance assessment; and program evaluation
- Written by an esteemed scholar of second language acquisition with over 30 years of research and classroom experience
- Considers diffusion of innovation in education and the potential impact of TBLT on foreign and second language learning
