Task-Based Language Teaching,9780521549479

Task-Based Language Teaching

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ISBN13: 9780521549479
ISBN10: 0521549477
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2004-12-27
Publisher(s): Cambridge University Press
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Summary

The field of task-based language teaching has developed considerably since the publication of Designing Tasks for the Communicative Classroom (Nunan, 1989), a book which helped to set the research agenda in teaching methodology for the following decade. While Designing Tasks underpins this new title, the material has been thoroughly updated and includes four completely new chapters. Task-Based Language Teaching offers a comprehensive and up-to-date appraisal of the field.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements xi
Introduction xiii
What is task-based language teaching?
Introduction and overview
1(1)
Defining `task'
1(3)
Broader curricular consideration
4(2)
Communicative language teaching
6(4)
Alternative approaches to syllabus design
10(2)
Experiential learning
12(1)
Policy and practice
13(1)
The role of the learner
14(2)
Conclusion
16(1)
References
16(3)
A framework for task-based language teaching
Introduction and overview
19(1)
A framework for task-based language teaching
19(6)
Syllabus design considerations
25(6)
Developing units of work
31(4)
Seven principles for task-based language teaching
35(3)
Conclusion
38(1)
References
38(2)
Task components
Introduction and overview
40(1)
Goals
41(6)
Input
47(5)
Procedures
52(4)
Task types
56(8)
Teacher and learner roles
64(6)
Settings
70(3)
Conclusion
73(1)
References
73(3)
An empirical basis for task-based language teaching
Introduction and overview
76(1)
Early psycholinguistic models
76(3)
Interaction, output and the negotiation of meaning
79(6)
Task difficulty
85(5)
Conclusion
90(1)
References
91(2)
Focus on form in task-based language teaching
Introduction and overview
93(1)
Theoretical and empirical issues
93(1)
Focused versus unfocused tasks
94(4)
Consciousness-raising tasks
98(2)
Procedural language
100(1)
The place of a focus on form in an instructional sequence
101(2)
Focus on form in the communicative classroom
103(8)
Conclusion
111(1)
References
112(1)
Grading, sequencing and integrating tasks
Introduction and overview
113(1)
Grading input
114(4)
Learner factors
118(4)
Procedural factors
122(3)
Task continuity
125(3)
Within-task sequencing: the information gap
128(3)
Topic-based / theme-based instruction
131(1)
Content-based instruction
131(2)
Project-based instruction
133(2)
Conclusion
135(1)
References
136(2)
Assessing task-based language teaching
Introduction and overview
138(1)
Key concepts in assessment
138(9)
The purposes of assessment
147(2)
Self-assessment
149(4)
Techniques for collecting assessment data
153(8)
Criteria for assessing learner performance
161(3)
Conclusion
164(1)
References
164(2)
Tasks and teacher development
Introduction and overview
166(1)
The self-directed teacher
166(2)
An in-service workshop
168(5)
Evaluating tasks
173(2)
Creating tasks
175(2)
Conclusion
177(1)
Postscript
177(2)
References
179(2)
Appendix A Approaches and methods -- an overview 181(6)
Appendix B A unit of work based on the six-step procedure presented in Chapter 2 187(8)
Appendix C A unit of work based on the task/exercise typology in Chapter 5 195(7)
Appendix D Graded activities for the four macroskills 202(8)
Appendix E Common reference levels: self-assessment grid 210(2)
Glossary 212(6)
Index 218

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