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9 February 2010

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Task-Based Language Teaching

A reader

Edited by Kris Van den Branden, Martin Bygate and John M. Norris
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / University of Lancaster / University of Hawai'i at Manoa

2009. ix, 512 pp.
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Over the past two decades, task-based language teaching (TBLT) has gained considerable momentum in the field of language education. This volume presents a collection of 20 reprinted articles and chapters representative of work that appeared during that period. It introduces readers­ – graduate students, researchers, teachers – ­to foundational ideas and themes that have marked the emergence of TBLT. The editors provide a first chapter that locates TBLT within broader discourses of educational practice and research on language learning and teaching. The book then features four sections consisting of important, often difficult to find, writings on major themes: fundamental ideas, approaches, and definitions in TBLT; curriculum, syllabus, and task design; variables affecting task-based language learning and performance; and task-based assessment. In a concluding chapter, the editors challenge simplistic notions of TBLT by reflecting on how this body of work has initiated the possibility of a truly researched language pedagogy, and they highlight critical directions in TBLT research and practice for the future.


Table of contents

Series editors’ preface
VIII–IX
Chapter 1. Task-based language teaching: introducing the reader.
Kris Van den Branden, Martin Bygate and John M. Norris
1–13
Section 1. Introducing task-based language teaching
Section intro
John M. Norris, Martin Bygate and Kris Van den Branden
15–19
Chapter 2. Towards task-based language learning
Christopher N. Candlin
21–40
Chapter 3. The concept of task
John M. Swales
41–56
Chapter 4. Three approaches to task-based syllabus design
Michael H. Long and Graham Crookes
57–82
Chapter 5. A framework for the implementation of task-based instruction
Peter Skehan
83–108
Chapter 6. Task-based research and language pedagogy
Rod Ellis
109–130
Section 2. Curriculum, syllabus, and task design
Section intro
John M. Norris, Martin Bygate and Kris Van den Branden
131–134
Chapter 7. Task-based teaching and assessment
Michael H. Long and John M. Norris
135–142
Chapter 8. From needs to tasks: Language learning needs in a task-based approach
Piet Van Avermaet and Sara Gysen
143–170
Chapter 9. Choosing and using communication tasks for second language instruction
Teresa Pica, Ruth Kanagy and Joseph Falodun
171–192
Chapter 10. Task complexity, cognitive resources, and syllabus design: A triadic framework for examining task influences on SLA
Peter Robinson
193–226
Chapter 11. The TBL framework
Jane Willis
227–242
Section 3. Variables affecting task-based learning and performance
Section intro
John M. Norris, Martin Bygate and Kris Van den Branden
243–247
Chapter 12. Effects of task repetition on the structure and control of oral language
Martin Bygate
249–274
Chapter 13. The influence of planning and task type on second language performance
Pauline Foster and Peter Skehan
275–300
Chapter 14. What do learners plan? Learner-driven attention to form during pre-task planning
Lourdes Ortega
301–332
Chapter 15. Learner contributions to task design
Michael P. Breen
333–356
Chapter 16. The motivational basis of language learning tasks
Zoltán Dörnyei
357–378
Chapter 17. Guiding relationships between form and meaning during task performance: The role of the teacher
Virginia Samuda
379–400
Chapter 18. Training teachers: Task-based as well?
Kris Van den Branden
401–430
Section 4. Task-based language assessment
Section intro
John M. Norris, Martin Bygate and Kris Van den Branden
431–434
Chapter 19. Task-centred language assessment in language learning: The promise and the challenge
Geoff Brindley
435–454
Chapter 20. Examinee abilities and task difficulty in task-based L2 performance assessment
John M. Norris, James D. Brown, Thom D. Hudson and William Bonk
455–476
Chapter 21. The role of task and task-based assessment in a content-oriented collegiate FL curriculum
Heidi Byrnes
477–494
Coda: Understanding TBLT at the interface between research and pedagogy
Martin Bygate, John M. Norris and Kris Van den Branden
495–499
Name index
501–505
Subject index
507–512