Second Language Acquisition and Task-Based Language Teaching

Mike Long author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Published:5th Sep '14

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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
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ISBN: 9780470658932

Dimensions: 252mm x 178mm x 28mm

Weight: 853g

456 pages