Cambridge Handbook of Task-Based Language Teaching (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Ahmadian, Mohammad Javad

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Task-based language teaching (TBLT) is an innovative approach to language teaching which emphasises the importance of engaging learners' natural abilities for acquiring language incidentally. The speed with which the field is expanding makes it difficult to keep up with recent developments, for novices and experienced researchers alike. This handbook meets that need, providing a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of the field, written by a stellar line-up of leading international experts. Chapters are divided into five thematic areas, and as well as covering theory, also contain case studies to show how TBLT can be implemented in practice, in a range of global contexts, as well as questions for discussion, and suggested further readings. Comprehensive in its coverage, and written in an accessible style, it will appeal to a wide readership, not only researchers and graduate students, but also classroom teachers working in a variety of educational and cultural contexts around the world.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108870634
• Artikelnr.: 66183282

Inhaltsangabe

Preface; Part I. The Rationale for TBLT: 1. The (unsatisfactory) status quo
in language teaching: a psycholinguistic rationale for TBLT; 2. A pedagogic
rationale for TBLT; Part II. Tasks and Needs Analysis: 3. Why tasks? Task
as the unit of analysis in language education; 4. Adapting and advancing
task-based needs analysis (NA) methodology across diverse language learning
contexts; 4A. Developing a task-based approach: a case study of Australian
Aboriginal VET students; 4B. A needs analysis for Syrian refugees in
Turkey; 4C. TBLT in a Japanese university: from needs analysis to
evaluation; 4D. The implementation of a task-based Spanish language program
in Qingdao, China: a case study; 5. The L in TBLT: analyzing target
discourse; 5A. Blustery with an occasional downpour: an analysis of target
discourse in media weather forecasts; 5B. 'I have a question': A
corpus-based analysis of target discourse in office hour interactions; Part
III. The Task Syllabus and Materials: 6. The Cognition Hypothesis, the
Triadic Componential Framework and the SSARC Model: an instructional design
theory of pedagogic task sequencing; 7. From needs analysis to task
selection, design, and sequencing; 7A. Task-based telecollaborative
exchanges between US and Italian students: a case study in program design
and implementation; 8. Exploring the nuts and bolts of task design; 8A.
Designing pedagogic tasks for refugees learning English to enter
universities in the Netherlands; Part IV. Methodology and Pedagogy: 9. A
psycholinguistically motivated methodology for TBLT; 10.
Technology-mediated TBLT; 10A. Task-based simulations for diplomatic
security agents; 10B. Delivering TBLT at scale: a case study of a
needs-based, technology-mediated workplace English program; 10C. TBLT and
Indigenous Language Revitalisation; Part V. TBLT with School-age Children:
11. Children interacting in task-supported EFL/CLIL contexts; 11A. Tasks
for children: using mainstream content to learn a language; 11B. A case
study of a task-based approach for school-age learners in China; Part VI.
The Teacher in TBLT: 12. Teacher preparation and support for TBLT; 12A.
Connecting teacher training to TBLT implementation: a case study of
pre-service teachers in Honduran bilingual schools; 12B. Training for tasks
the cooperative way: an online tutored TBLT course for teachers, managers
and course designers; Part VII. Task-Based Assessment and Program
Evaluation: 13. Task-based, criterion-referenced performance testing; 14.
TBLT program evaluation: why and how; 14A. Comparing the effectiveness of
TBLT and PPP on L2 grammar learning: a pilot study with Chinese students of
Italian L2; 14B. Evaluating the pilot year of a task-based Spanish
immersion camp for high schoolers: examining learners' experience of task
motivation and difficulty within and following tasks; 14C. Designing a
classroom-based TBLA framework for primary schools: blurring the lines
between teaching, learning and assessment; Part VIII. Research Needs and
Future Prospects: 15. Methodological issues in (cognitively-oriented) TBLT
research: advances and challenges; 16. Innovation in language education: a
task-based perspective; 17. The adoption of TBLT in diverse contexts:
challenges and opportunities; Conclusion.