Task-Based Language Teaching: Theory and Practice (Cambridge Applied Linguistics) - Hardcover

Ellis, Rod; Skehan, Peter; Li, Shaofeng; Shintani, Natsuko; Lambert, Craig

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1108494080 ISBN 13: 9781108494083

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2019

Synopsis

A comprehensive account of the research and practice of task-based language teaching.

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About the Authors

Rod Ellis is a Research Professor in the School of Education, Curtin University in Perth, Australia, as well as a visiting professor at Shanghai International Studies University and an Emeritus Distinguished Professor of the University of Auckland. His most recent publication is Reflections on Task-Based Language Teaching (2018).

Peter Skehan is an Honorary Research Fellow at Birkbeck College, University of London. His most recent publications include Processing Perspectives on Task Performance (2014) and Second Language Task-Based Performance (2018).

Shaofeng Li is an Associate Professor of Second and Foreign Language Education at Florida State University and an honorary professor at Zhengzhou University and Guangdong University of Foreign Studies. His main research interests include TBLT, language aptitude, working memory and form-focused instruction.

Natsuko Shintani is a Professor in the Faculty of Foreign Language Studies, Kansai University. Her work has been published in leading journals and she is author of Input-based Tasks in Foreign Language Instruction for Young Learners (2016).

Craig Lambert is an Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics and TESOL at Curtin University in Perth, Australia. His research on TBLT has appeared in leading journals and he is author of Referent Similarity and Nominal Syntax in TBLT (2019).

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1108494080
• ISBN 13: 9781108494083
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 430