TY  - BOOK
AU  - Long,Michael H.
TI  - Second language acquisition and task-based language teaching
SN  - 9780470658932 (hardback)
AV  - P118.2 .L668 2015
U1  - 418.0071 23
KW  - Second language acquisition
KW  - Study and teaching
KW  - Language and languages
KW  - Task analysis in education
KW  - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 376-432) and index
N2  - "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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