{"product_id":"taskbased-language-learning-9781444350234","title":"TaskBased Language Learning","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume contains papers addressing issues in task-based research into second language learning which are essential to informed pedagogic decision-making about how best to achieve this aim. These issues include research into the design characteristics of pedagogic tasks that promote the accuracy, fluency and complexity of learner language; the role of individual differences in the motivational and other cognitive variables that demands made by pedagogic tasks draw on; the extent to which tasks, and teacher interventions during task performance, promote the quantity and quality of interaction that facilitate L2 learning; and the generalizability of task-based research in laboratory contexts to classroom settings.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Overall, this book is a unique effort that is well prepared and worthy of reading for students, researchers and practitioners in the field of second language acquisition and pedagogy.”  (\u003ci\u003eLinguist\u003c\/i\u003e, 26 June 2012)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTask Design and Second Language Performance: The Effect of Narrative Type on Learner Output (Parveneh Tavokli \u0026amp; Pauline Foster ) (from 58:2, 439-473, 2008).  \u003cp\u003eCreativity and Narrative Task Performance: An Exploratory Study Agnes (Albert \u0026amp; Judit Kormos) (from 54:2, 277-310, 2004).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Role of Task-Induced Involvement and Learner Proficiency in L2 Vocabulary Acquisition (YouJin Kim )(from 58:2, 285-325, 2008).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTeacher- and Learner-Led Discourse in Task-Based Grammar Instruction: Providing Procedural Assistance for Morphosyntactic Development (Paul Toth) (from 58:2, 237-283, 2008).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTask-Based Interactions in Classroom and Laboratory Settings Susan Gass, (Alison Mackey \u0026amp; Lauren Ross-Feldman) (from 55:4, 575-611, 2005).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408395018583,"sku":"9781444350234","price":30.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781444350234.jpg?v=1730502743","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/taskbased-language-learning-9781444350234","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}