Designing Language Teaching Tasks

by K. Johnson

Overview

Short-listed for the British Council Innovation Awards 2004 that promote and reward excellence in English Language Teaching Designing Language Teaching Tasks provides a research-based account of how experienced teachers and task designers prepare activities for use in the language classroom. It gives detailed information on the procedures which designers follow. The book is a description of research and will therefore interest applied linguists and students in the field. It is written in a clear and comprehensible way, and should appeal to all those who want to learn to write good language teaching materials.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780333990476
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	11/15/2002
Edition description:	2003
Pages:	196
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

KEITH JOHNSON is Professor of Linguistics and Language Education at Lancaster University. His recent publications include An Introduction to Foreign Language Learning and Teaching (2001), Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Applied Linguistics (1998), and Language Teaching and Skill Learning (1996). He is the founding editor of the journal Language Teaching Research.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Why Study Task Design Some Studies in Expertise Studying Task Designers at Work A Look at Two Designers Designing Language Teaching Tasks: Beginnings Designing Language Teaching Tasks: Middles and Ends The Good Task Designer: Some Hypotheses Evaluating and Teaching Task Design Appendices References Index

Editorial Reviews

'A very comprehensive book including processes, procedures and useful frameworks and examples. A very through and useful companion for all classroom teachers.' - Dr Christine Pegg, Department of Communication, Cardiff University

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