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Author Long, Michael H., author

Title Second language acquisition and task-based language teaching / Mike Long.

Imprint Chichester, West Sussex [England] ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2015
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 Male Library  P118.2 L668 2015    Available
 Female Library  P118.2 L668 2015    Available
Edition First Edition
Description xiii, 439 pages ; 26 cm.
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 376-432) and index.
Subject Second language acquisition -- Study and teaching
Language and languages -- Study and teaching
Task analysis in education
Other Form: Online version: Long, Michael H. Second language acquisition and task-based language teaching First Edition. Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, [2015] 9781118882214 (DLC) 2014020194
ISBN 9780470658932 (hardback)
9780470658949 (paper)
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