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

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus PP Package 2020 Part 2
• MitwirkendeR: Agirre, Ainara Imaz,; Ahmadian, Mohammad Javad,; Aubrey, Scott,; Bogachenko, Tatiana,; Cho, Hyejin,; Ellis, Rod,; Farias, Priscila Fabiane,; Ferraz D’Ely, Raquel Carolina Souza,; García Mayo, María del Pilar,; González-Lloret, Marta,; Harris, Justin,; Hillman, Kyoko Kobayashi,; Kelly, Curtis,; Kim, YouJin,; Lambert, Craig,; Le Diem Bui, Trang,; Leeming, Paul,; Long, Michael H.,; Mansouri, Abbas,; Newton, Jonathan,; Norris, Lindy,; Oliver, Rhonda,; Ren, Haoshan,; Sato, Masatoshi,; Solares-Altamirano, Maria-Elena,
• HerausgeberIn: Lambert, Craig,; Oliver, Rhonda,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: Second Language Acquisition ; 143
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (368 p.)

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.

Table of 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