| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 351 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Second language acquisition ; 143 |
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Second language acquisition (Clevedon, England) ; v. 143.
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| Contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- 1 Introduction: Tasks in Context -- Part 1: Issues in Using Tasks -- 2 Frameworks for Using Tasks in Second Language Instruction -- 3 Low-Proficiency Learners and Task-Based Language Teaching -- 4 Some Principles for Interactive Task Design: Observations from an EFL Materials Writer -- 5 Using Technology- Mediated Tasks in Second Language Instruction to Connect Speakers Internationally -- 6 Using Tasks within Neoliberal Educational Environments -- 7 Teacher-Preparation for Task-Based Language Teaching -- Part 2: Approaches to Using Tasks -- 8 A Task-Based Needs Analysis for US Foreign Service Officers: The Challenge of the Japanese Celebration Speech -- 9 Developing Authentic Tasks for the Workplace Using Needs Analysis: A Case Study of Australian Aboriginal Vocational Students -- 10 The Potential Use of Tasks in Post-Soviet Schools: Case Studies from Ukraine -- 11 Task Design and Implementation for Beginning-Level Elementary School Learners in South-Brazil: Challenges and Possibilities -- 12 Teachers' Responses to an Online Course on Task-Based Language Teaching in Mexico -- Part 3: Research on Using Tasks -- 13 Metacognitive Instruction for Collaborative Interaction: The Process and Product of Self-Regulated Learning in the Chilean EFL Context -- 14 Collaborative L1 Planning and L2 Written Task Performance in an Iranian EFL Context -- 15 Collaborative Writing Tasks in an L3 Classroom: Translanguaging, the Quality of Task Outcomes and Learners' Perceptions -- 16 The Role of Task-Based Interaction in Perceived Language Learning in a Japanese EFL Classroom -- 17 The Impact of Agency in Pair Formation on the Degree of Participation in Young Learners' Collaborative Dialogue -- 18 The Accuracy of Teacher Predictions of Student Language Use in Tasks in a Japanese University -- 19 Conclusion: Future Directions for Research on Tasks in Second Language Instruction -- Index |
| Summary |
"This book examines the use of tasks in second language instruction in a variety of international contexts, and addresses the need for a better understanding of how tasks are used in teaching and program-level decision-making. The chapters consider the benefits and challenges that teachers, program designers and researchers face in using tasks"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
In English |
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Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 28, 2020) |
| Subject |
Second language acquisition.
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Language and languages -- Study and teaching.
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Language and languages -- Study and teaching
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Second language acquisition
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Study & Teaching.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Lambert, Craig (Craig P.), editor.
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Oliver, Rhonda, editor.
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| LC no. |
2020012140 |
| ISBN |
9781788929479 |
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1788929470 |
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9781788929462 |
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1788929454 |
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9781788929455 |
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1788929462 |
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