Task-Based Language Learning and Teaching with Technology

by Thomas, Michael; Reinders, Hayo

• ISBN13: 9781441101532
• ISBN10: 1441101535
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781441138743
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-11-04
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
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Summary

Examines widespread interest in new technology-enhanced learning environments and how they are being used to promote task-based learning.

Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations \ List of Figures and Tables \ List of Contributors \ Foreword Rod Ellis\ 1. Introduction Michael Thomas and Hayo Reinders \PART I. RESEARCH ON TASKS IN CALL \2. Research on the Use of Technology in Task-Based Language TeachingAndreas Müller-Hartmann and Marita Schocker-v. Ditfurth \3. Task-Based Language Teaching in Networked-Based CALL: An Analysis of Research on Learner Interaction in Synchronous CMCMark Peterson \4. Taking Intelligent CALL to TaskMatthias Schulze \5. Effects of Multimodality in Computer-Mediated Communication TasksGlenn Stockwell \6. Measuring Complexity in Task-Based Synchronous Computer-Mediated CommunicationKarina Collentine \PART II. APPLYING TECHNOLOGY-MEDIATED TASKS \7. Task Design for a Virtual Learning Environment in a Distance Language Course Regine Hampel \8. Teacher Development, TBLT and Technology Thomas Raith and Volker Hegelheimer \9. Edubba: Real-world Writing Tasks in a Virtual World Kenneth Reeder \10. The Enactment of Task Design in Telecollaboration 2.0Mirjam Hauck \11. Afterword: Future Directions for Technology-Mediated TasksGary Motteram and Michael Thomas \Index