Task-Based Language Learning and Teaching

Oxford Applied Linguistics

by Rod Ellis

This book explores the relationship between research, teaching, and tasks, and shows how research and task-based teaching can mutually inform each other and illuminated the areas of task-based course design, methodology, and assessment.

Genres: Teaching, Language, Linguistics

Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

Professor Rod Ellis is Professor in the Department of Applied Language Studies and Linguistics at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. He has worked in Zambia, the UK, Japan, and the U.S.A for extended periods. He has published a number of books on second language acquisition and teacher education. He has also published EFL/ESL textbooks. His main interest lies in the application of second language theory and research to language teaching.

He is co-author of Analysing Learner Language, and author of Second Language Acquisition, SLA Research and Language Teaching, The Study of Language Acquisition, which won the English Speaking Union's Duke of Edinburgh Book Competition, Understanding Second Language Acquisition, which won the BAAL Book Prize, and Task-based Language Learning and Teaching, all published by Oxford University Press.

Reviews

[Casey · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a slog. Admittedly, the fault lies within myself because I’m unfamiliar w/ some of the jargon in the book and I’m not used to reading books that are so academic. Processing the research examples was time consuming and Dr. Ellis provides loads of them. The book is definitely argued well. It’s also very wordy and I’d rather have seen something more concise and plain.

It does provide an excellent framework for task-based teaching(tbt). It provides the reader w/ theories underlying tbt, the knowledge of how to construct a task-based program, and critical questions to ask & answer to ensure your program is solid. I’d recommend reading chapters 1, 7, & 8 if you are interested in such material.

[Mohammad · Rating 5 out of 5]

Impossible to be applied in Iranian high school context

[Anita]

good