Library Catalog
Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

Using Tasks in Second Language Teaching : Practice in Diverse Contexts / ed. by Craig Lambert, Rhonda Oliver.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Second Language Acquisition ; 143Publisher: Bristol ; Blue Ridge Summit : Multilingual Matters, [2020]Copyright date: ©2020Description: 1 online resource (368 p.)Content type:
Media type:
Carrier type:
ISBN:
  • 9781788929448
  • 9781788929455
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 418.0071 23
LOC classification:
  • P118.2 .U836 2020
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources:
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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number URL Status Notes Barcode
eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9781788929455

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

restricted access online access with authorization star

http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec

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.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 25. Jun 2024)