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Second language acquisition and task-based language teaching

Long, Michael H., author.
Chichester ; Wiley-Blackwell, 2015

"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" --

Bibliographic Information

Format: Book
Author: Long, Michael H.,
Subject: Second language acquisition
Language and languages
Task analysis in education
Publication Year:2015
Language:English
Published:Chichester ; Wiley-Blackwell, 2015
ISBN:9780470658932
0470658932
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 376-432) and index.
Preface and acknowledgments -- Why TBLT? -- SLA and the fundamental LT divide -- Psycholinguistic underpinnings: a cognitive-interactionist theory of instructed second language acquisition (ISLA) -- Philosophical underpinnings: L'education Integrale -- Task-based needs and means analysis -- Identifying target tasks -- Analyzing target discourse -- Task-based syllabus design -- Task-based materials -- Methodological principles and pedagogic procedures -- Task-based assessment and program evaluation -- Does TBLT have a future? -- References -- Appendix: list of abbreviations -- Index.
Course: ENG235
ENG364

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English Book (4/F) 418.0071 LON 2015 Due Date:2026-06-15