Second Language Acquisition and Task-Based Language Teaching

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By Mike Long

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Format

ebook

ISBN

9780470658932

Author

Mike Long

Publisher

Wiley

Release

24 July 2014

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Language Arts Nonfiction
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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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    Format

    ebook

    ISBN

    9780470658932

    Author

    Mike Long

    Publisher

    Wiley

    Release

    24 July 2014

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    Subjects

    Language Arts Nonfiction
    Second Language Acquisition and Task-Based Language Teaching