Task-based Language Learning and Teaching explores the relationship between research, teaching and tasks and seeks to clarify the issues raised by recent work in this field. The book shows how research and task-based teaching can inform each other and illuminate the areas of task-based course design, methodology and testing.
1. Tasks in SLA and language pedagogy
2. Tasks, listening comprehension, and SLA
3. Tasks, interaction, and SLA
4. Tasks, production, and language acquisition
5. Focused tasks and SLA
6. Sociocultural SLA and tasks
7. Designing task-based language course
8. The methodology of task-based teaching
9. Task-based assessment
10. Evaluating task-based pedagogy