Table of contents

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Chapter 1. Towards technology-mediated TBLT 1
4. Chapter 2. The need for needs analysis in technology-mediated TBLT 23
5. Chapter 3. Prior knowledge and second language task production in text chat 51
6. Chapter 4. Textbooks, tasks, and technology 79
7. Chapter 5. Promoting foreign language collaborative writing through the use of Web 2.0 tools and tasks 115
8. Chapter 6. TBLT and synthetic immersive environments 149
9. Chapter 7. Collaborative tasks for negotiation of intercultural meaning in virtual worlds and video-web communication 183
10. Chapter 8. The third dimension 213
11. Chapter 9. Lessons from the fandom 239
12. Chapter 10. Formative, task-based oral assessments in an advanced Chinese-language class 263
13. Chapter 11. Evaluation of an online, task-based Chinese course 295
14. Chapter 12. Afterword 323
15. index 335