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040			_cIIT Kanpur
041			_aeng
082			_a418.0071 _bL852s
100			_aLong, Mike
245			_aSecond language acquisition and task-based language teaching _cMike Long
260			_bWiley Blackwell _c2015 _aChichester
300			_axiii, 439p
520			_aThis book offers an in-depth explanation of Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) and the methods necessary to implement it in the language classroom successfully. Combines a survey of theory and research in instructed second language acquisition (ISLA) with insights from language teaching and the philosophy of education Details best practice for TBLT programs, including discussion of learner needs and means analysis; syllabus design; materials writing; choice of methodological principles and pedagogic procedures; criterion-referenced, task-based performance assessment; and program evaluation Written by an esteemed scholar of second language acquisition with over 30 years of research and classroom experience Considers diffusion of innovation in education and the potential impact of TBLT on foreign and second language learning
650			_aSecond language acquisition -- Study and teaching
650			_aLanguage and languages -- Study and teaching
942			_cBK
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