A Framework for Task-Based Learning

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LONGMAN HANDBOOKS -forLANGUAGE TEACHERS The Longman Handbooks for Language Teachers provide teachers with guidance and assistance series is concerned with teaching techniques in the classroom, and is of great value to the and problems at a practical level. It aims to experienced and inexperienced teacher alike. A Framework for Task-Based Learning A Framework for Task-Based Learning is a complete guide to the methodology and practice of task-based language teaching. For those who wish to adopt a genuinely learner-centred approach to their teaching, it offers an altemative framework to the "presentation, practice, production" model. This book is based on sound principles of language learning and combines the best insights from communicative language teaching with a systematic focus on language form. It explains and exemplifies each component in a typical taskbased lesson, from setting up a new task, through the task cycle, leading into language focused work. This approach allows the... Tovább

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LONGMAN HANDBOOKS -forLANGUAGE TEACHERS The Longman Handbooks for Language Teachers provide teachers with guidance and assistance series is concerned with teaching techniques in the classroom, and is of great value to the and problems at a practical level. It aims to experienced and inexperienced teacher alike. A Framework for Task-Based Learning A Framework for Task-Based Learning is a complete guide to the methodology and practice of task-based language teaching. For those who wish to adopt a genuinely learner-centred approach to their teaching, it offers an altemative framework to the "presentation, practice, production" model. This book is based on sound principles of language learning and combines the best insights from communicative language teaching with a systematic focus on language form. It explains and exemplifies each component in a typical taskbased lesson, from setting up a new task, through the task cycle, leading into language focused work. This approach allows the natural integration of all skills and encourages in the learner a concern for both accuracy and fluency. Key features ofA Framework for Task-Based Learning are: • a flexible but coherent framework • a practical approach, with principles and rationale clearly explained throughout • lesson outlines to show how the framework can be used to plan lessons • photocopiable Focus Pages for use in teacher training sessions • over 200 ideas for tasks for classroom use A Framework for Task-Based Learning caters for: • all learners from beginners upwards • mixed level classes • the teaching of any second or foreign language Jane Willis is currently teaching at Aston University, Birmingham, UK on their Master's courses in Teaching English and ESP, mainly by Distance Learning. She is the author of several books including Teaching English Through English (Longman). Vissza