Recent perspectives on task-based language learning and teaching

by Ahmadian, Mohammad Javad García Mayo, María del Pilar

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The series Trends in Applied Linguistics meets the challenges of the rapidly growing field of applied linguistics. In a very broad sense, applied linguistics is understoodby focusing on the application of theoretical linguistics to current problems arising in different contexts of human society. Given the interdisciplinary character of applied linguistics, the series includes cognitive, psycholinguistic, sociolinguistic and educational perspectives. The following topicsare included in the serie…

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Full title :Recent perspectives on task-based language learning and teaching / edited by Mohammad Javad Ahmadian, María del Pilar García Mayo.

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Publication Date:2018

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Publisher(s):Walter de Gruyter Inc
Place of Publication:Boston
Language:eng
Publication Date:2018

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Description:1 online resource (xxi, 280 pages)

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ISBN:9781501503399, 1501503391
oclc:on1058936404
LC Classification:P118.2
Dewey Decimal:418.0071

Introduction: recent trends in task-based language teaching and learning -- I. Cognitive-interactionist perspective -- Task repetition effects on CAF in EFL child task-based oral interaction -- Using formulaic sequences to measure task performance: the role of working memory -- Examining timing and type of learner-modified output in relation to perception in face-to-face and synchronous task-based chat -- II. Sociocultural theory perspective -- Dynamic strategic interaction scenarios: a vygotskian approach to focusing on meaning and form -- Effects of L3 learner proficiency and task types on language mediation: a sociocultural perspective -- Task-based language teaching and concept-based instruction -- III. Complexity theory perspective -- Dynamic systems theory and the issue of predictability in task-based language: some implications for research and practice in TBLT -- Using tasks to teach formulaic sequences: interindividual and intraindividual variation -- From social tasks to language development: coping with historicity and subjectivity -- IV. Pedagogic and educational perspective -- "If it is all about tasks, will they learn anything?" teachers' perspectives on grammar inst…