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3 Low-Proficiency Learners and Task-Based Language Teaching
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Jonathan Newton
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Contributors vii
- 1 Introduction: Tasks in Context 1
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Part 1: Issues in Using Tasks
- 2 Frameworks for Using Tasks in Second Language Instruction 13
- 3 Low-Proficiency Learners and Task-Based Language Teaching 33
- 4 Some Principles for Interactive Task Design: Observations from an EFL Materials Writer 49
- 5 Using Technology- Mediated Tasks in Second Language Instruction to Connect Speakers Internationally 65
- 6 Using Tasks within Neoliberal Educational Environments 82
- 7 Teacher-Preparation for Task-Based Language Teaching 99
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Part 2: Approaches to Using Tasks
- 8 A Task-Based Needs Analysis for US Foreign Service Officers: The Challenge of the Japanese Celebration Speech 123
- 9 Developing Authentic Tasks for the Workplace Using Needs Analysis: A Case Study of Australian Aboriginal Vocational Students 146
- 10 The Potential Use of Tasks in Post-Soviet Schools: Case Studies from Ukraine 162
- 11 Task Design and Implementation for Beginning-Level Elementary School Learners in South-Brazil: Challenges and Possibilities 178
- 12 Teachers’ Responses to an Online Course on Task-Based Language Teaching in Mexico 193
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Part 3: Research on Using Tasks
- 13 Metacognitive Instruction for Collaborative Interaction: The Process and Product of Self-Regulated Learning in the Chilean EFL Context 215
- 14 Collaborative L1 Planning and L2 Written Task Performance in an Iranian EFL Context 237
- 15 Collaborative Writing Tasks in an L3 Classroom: Translanguaging, the Quality of Task Outcomes and Learners’ Perceptions 255
- 16 The Role of Task-Based Interaction in Perceived Language Learning in a Japanese EFL Classroom 281
- 17 The Impact of Agency in Pair Formation on the Degree of Participation in Young Learners’ Collaborative Dialogue 306
- 18 The Accuracy of Teacher Predictions of Student Language Use in Tasks in a Japanese University 324
- 19 Conclusion: Future Directions for Research on Tasks in Second Language Instruction 344
- Index 347
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Contributors vii
- 1 Introduction: Tasks in Context 1
-
Part 1: Issues in Using Tasks
- 2 Frameworks for Using Tasks in Second Language Instruction 13
- 3 Low-Proficiency Learners and Task-Based Language Teaching 33
- 4 Some Principles for Interactive Task Design: Observations from an EFL Materials Writer 49
- 5 Using Technology- Mediated Tasks in Second Language Instruction to Connect Speakers Internationally 65
- 6 Using Tasks within Neoliberal Educational Environments 82
- 7 Teacher-Preparation for Task-Based Language Teaching 99
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Part 2: Approaches to Using Tasks
- 8 A Task-Based Needs Analysis for US Foreign Service Officers: The Challenge of the Japanese Celebration Speech 123
- 9 Developing Authentic Tasks for the Workplace Using Needs Analysis: A Case Study of Australian Aboriginal Vocational Students 146
- 10 The Potential Use of Tasks in Post-Soviet Schools: Case Studies from Ukraine 162
- 11 Task Design and Implementation for Beginning-Level Elementary School Learners in South-Brazil: Challenges and Possibilities 178
- 12 Teachers’ Responses to an Online Course on Task-Based Language Teaching in Mexico 193
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Part 3: Research on Using Tasks
- 13 Metacognitive Instruction for Collaborative Interaction: The Process and Product of Self-Regulated Learning in the Chilean EFL Context 215
- 14 Collaborative L1 Planning and L2 Written Task Performance in an Iranian EFL Context 237
- 15 Collaborative Writing Tasks in an L3 Classroom: Translanguaging, the Quality of Task Outcomes and Learners’ Perceptions 255
- 16 The Role of Task-Based Interaction in Perceived Language Learning in a Japanese EFL Classroom 281
- 17 The Impact of Agency in Pair Formation on the Degree of Participation in Young Learners’ Collaborative Dialogue 306
- 18 The Accuracy of Teacher Predictions of Student Language Use in Tasks in a Japanese University 324
- 19 Conclusion: Future Directions for Research on Tasks in Second Language Instruction 344
- Index 347