Researching Pedagogic Tasks

Researching Pedagogic Tasks
Author: Martin Bygate
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2013-12-02
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1317876342

Researching Pedagogic Tasks brings together a series of empirical studies into the use of pedagogical tasks for second language learning, with a view to better understanding the structure of tasks, their impact on students, and their use by teachers. The volume starts with an introduction to the background and key issues in the topic area and is then organised into three sections: the first section focuses on the language and learning of students on tasks the second on the use of tasks in the language classroom the third on the use of tasks for language testing Each section begins with a succinct section introduction, and the volume concludes with an afterword relating the theme of the volume to issues in curriculum development. The chapters include both experimental and qualitative approaches to the topic, some providing original accounts of specific studies, others offering overviews of linked series of studies.

Researching Pedagogic Tasks

Researching Pedagogic Tasks
Author: Martin Bygate
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 269
Release: 2013-12-02
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1317876350

Researching Pedagogic Tasks brings together a series of empirical studies into the use of pedagogical tasks for second language learning, with a view to better understanding the structure of tasks, their impact on students, and their use by teachers. The volume starts with an introduction to the background and key issues in the topic area and is then organised into three sections: the first section focuses on the language and learning of students on tasks the second on the use of tasks in the language classroom the third on the use of tasks for language testing Each section begins with a succinct section introduction, and the volume concludes with an afterword relating the theme of the volume to issues in curriculum development. The chapters include both experimental and qualitative approaches to the topic, some providing original accounts of specific studies, others offering overviews of linked series of studies.

Investigating Tasks in Formal Language Learning

Investigating Tasks in Formal Language Learning
Author: Mar?a Del Pilar Garc?a Mayo
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2007
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1853599263

This book brings together research that makes use of tasks to examine oral interaction, written production, vocabulary and reading, lexical innovation and pragmatics in different formal language learning contexts and in different languages (English, French, German, Italian and Spanish). It will be of interest to professionals and students working in SLA research and language pedagogy.

Tasks in Second Language Learning

Tasks in Second Language Learning
Author: Virginia Samuda
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2007-11-27
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0230596428

Tasks in Second Language Learning aims to re-centre discussion of the ways in which language learning tasks can help offer a holistic approach to language learning, and to explore the research implications. It relates the broad educational and social science rationale for the use of tasks to the principles and practices of their classroom use. The authors provide a balanced review of research as a basis for exploring a broader research agenda. Throughout, the book offers telling illustration of the contributions of a range of specialists in research, teaching methodology and materials development, and of the authors' own argument.

TBLT as a Researched Pedagogy

TBLT as a Researched Pedagogy
Author: Virginia Samuda
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018
Genre: Language and languages
ISBN: 9789027201201

Bringing together experienced classroom researchers and teacher educators from different countries where tasks are playing an influential role in language education, this collected volume critically explores how TBLT research can engage with pedagogy, and how TBLT pedagogy can engage with research. A defining part of the TBLT project has always been a dual concern - both with the nature and use of tasks in language teaching, and with empirical research to guide and support classroom practitioners, the two concerns suggesting a central and reciprocal relationship between research and pedagogy. However, this relationship has at times been unbalanced, and its centrality has sometimes gone by default, problems which this volume aims to address. The introduction proposes criteria to improve the congruence between the research base of TBLT and the concerns and terms of reference of classroom practitioners. Using a range of methodologies, the individual chapters illustrate and explore different aspects of this theme. The book will be of interest to all those wishing to further their understanding of - and/or investigate - the use of TBLT in educational contexts.

Second Language Task Complexity

Second Language Task Complexity
Author: Peter Robinson
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 358
Release: 2011
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027207194

Understanding how task complexity affects second language learning, interaction and spoken and written performance is essential to informed decisions about task design and sequencing in TBLT programs. The chapters in this volume all examine evidence for claims of the Cognition Hypothesis that complex tasks should promote greater accuracy and complexity of speech and writing, as well as more interaction, and learning of information provided in the input to task performance, than simpler tasks. Implications are drawn concerning the basic pedagogic claim of the Cognition Hypothesis, that tasks should be sequenced for learners from simple to complex during syllabus design. Containing theoretical discussion of the Cognition Hypothesis, and cutting-edge empirical studies of the effects of task complexity on second language learning and performance, this book will be important reading for language teachers, graduate students and researchers in applied linguistics, second language acquisition, and cognitive and educational psychology.

Second Language Acquisition and Task-Based Language Teaching

Second Language Acquisition and Task-Based Language Teaching
Author: Mike Long
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 513
Release: 2014-07-31
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1118882210

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

Task-Based Language Teaching

Task-Based Language Teaching
Author: Rod Ellis
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 435
Release: 2020
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1108494080

A comprehensive account of the research and practice of task-based language teaching.

Reflections on Task-Based Language Teaching

Reflections on Task-Based Language Teaching
Author: Rod Ellis
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2018-06-18
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1788920155

Task-based language teaching is now a well-established pedagogic approach but problematic issues remain, such as whether it is appropriate for all learners and in all instructional contexts. This book draws on the author’s experience of working with teachers, together with his knowledge of relevant research and theory, to examine the key issues. It proposes flexible ways in which tasks can be designed and implemented in the language classroom to address the problems that teachers often face with task-based language teaching. It will appeal to researchers and teachers who are interested in task-based language teaching and the practical and theoretical issues involved. It will also be of interest to students and researchers working in the areas of applied linguistics, TESOL and second language acquisition.

TBLT as a Researched Pedagogy

TBLT as a Researched Pedagogy
Author: Virginia Samuda
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2018-10-15
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027263728

Bringing together experienced classroom researchers and teacher educators from different countries where tasks are playing an influential role in language education, this collected volume critically explores how TBLT research can engage with pedagogy, and how TBLT pedagogy can engage with research. A defining part of the TBLT project has always been a dual concern – both with the nature and use of tasks in language teaching, and with empirical research to guide and support classroom practitioners, the two concerns suggesting a central and reciprocal relationship between research and pedagogy. However, this relationship has at times been unbalanced, and its centrality has sometimes gone by default, problems which this volume aims to address. The introduction proposes criteria to improve the congruence between the research base of TBLT and the concerns and terms of reference of classroom practitioners. Using a range of methodologies, the individual chapters illustrate and explore different aspects of this theme. The book will be of interest to all those wishing to further their understanding of – and/or investigate – the use of TBLT in educational contexts.