LANGTCHG 306

Task-based Language Teaching in Primary School

Please note: this is archived course information from 2012 for LANGTCHG 306.

Description

Based on current research as a theoretical rationale, this course examines the design of task-based courses for younger ESL learners by investigating how tasks can be constructed and sequenced. Considers the methodology of task-based lessons by exploring the options for the pre, main and post-task phases to provide for a focus on meaning and form, and the use of tasks in classroom assessment.

Availability 2012

Semester 1

Lecturer(s)

Coordinator(s) Dr Shaofeng Li

Points

LANGTCHG 306: 15 points

Prerequisites

Prerequisite: 30 points from LINGUIST 200-203, 205, LANGTCHG 200, 202 or 120 points passed from Part 1 of the BEd(TESOL), or approval of the BEd(TESOL) Coordinator