Task-Based Language Learning and Teaching with Technology - Hardcover

Michael Thomas

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1441101535 ISBN 13: 9781441101532

Publisher: Continuum Publishing Corporation, 2010

Synopsis

This edited collection considers the relationship between task-based language teaching (TBLT) and technology-enhanced learning. TBLT is concerned with a number of macro-tasks such as information gathering and problem-solving as well as evaluative tasks, all of which are increasingly available via online and Web-based technologies. Technology Enhanced Learning refers to a broad conception of technology use in the language classroom and incorporates a range of interactive learning technologies such as Interactive Whiteboards and mobile learning devices. The popularity of Web 2.0 technologies (blogs, wikis, social networking sites, podcasting, virtual worlds), as well as practical applications of mobile learning, place a fresh emphasis on creating project-orientated language learning tasks with a clear real-world significance for learners of foreign languages. This book examines the widespread interest in these new technology-enhanced learning environments and looks at how they are being used to promote task-based learning. This book will appeal to practioners and researchers in applied linguistics, second language acquisition and education studies.

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About the Author

Michael Thomas is Professor in English at Nagoya University of Commerce & Business, Japan. He previously taught SLA and CALL at University of Heidelberg, Germany Dr Hayo Reinders is Adjunct Professor at the University of Groningen, Germany and Editor of Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching

Edition details

• Publisher: Continuum Publishing Corporation
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1441101535
• ISBN 13: 9781441101532
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 272
• Editor: Michael Thomas, Hayo Reinders