Task-Based Language Teaching in Foreign Language Contexts

1. Preface; 2. Foreword (by Pica, Teresa); 3. Chapter 1. Introduction: Broadening the perspective of task-based language teaching scholarship: The contribution of research in foreign language contexts (by Shehadeh, Ali); 4. Section I. Variables affecting task-based language learning and performance; 5. Chapter 2. Effects of task complexity and pre-task planning on Japanese EFL learners' oral production (by Sasayama, Shoko); 6. Chapter 3. Measuring task complexity: Does EFL proficiency matter? (by Malicka, Aleksandra); 7. Chapter 4. Effects of strategic planning on the accuracy of oral and written tasks in the performance of Turkish EFL learners (by Genc, Zubeyde Sinem); 8. Chapter 5. Effects of task instructions on text processing and learning in a Japanese EFL college nursing setting (by Horiba, Yukie); 9. Chapter 6. Task structure and patterns of interaction: What can we learn from observing native speakers performing tasks? (by Hobbs, James); 10. Section II. Implementation of task-based language teaching; 11. Chapter 7. Patterns of corrective feedback in a task-based adult EFL classroom setting in China (by Iwashita, Noriko); 12. Chapter 8. Incidental learner-generated focus on form in a task-based EFL classroom (by Moore, Paul J.); 13. Chapter 9. Qualitative differences in novice teachers' enactment of task-based language teaching in Hong Kong primary classrooms (by Chan, Sui Ping (Shirley)); 14. Chapter 10. Implementing computer-assisted task-based language teaching in the Korean secondary EFL context (by Park, Moonyoung); 15. Chapter 11. Task-based language teaching through film-oriented activities in a teacher education program in Venezuela (by Chacon, Carmen Teresa); 16. Chapter 12. Task-based language teacher education in an undergraduate program in Japan (by Jackson, Daniel O.); 17. Chapter 13. Incorporating a formative assessment cycle into task-based language teaching in a university setting in Japan (by Weaver, Christopher); 18. Chapter 14. Language teachers' perceptions of a task-based learning programme in a French University (by McAllister, Julie); 19. Epilogue. What is next for task-based language teaching?; 20. Chapter 15. TBLT in EFL settings: Looking back and moving forward (by Carless, David); 21. About the contributors; 22. Index