LANGTCHG 306

Using Tasks in Language Teaching

Please note: this is archived course information from 2016 for LANGTCHG 306.

Description

Based on current research as a theoretical rationale, this course examines the design of task-based courses for second language 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 2016

Semester 1

Lecturer(s)

Coordinator(s) Dr Shaofeng Li

Reading/Texts

Willis, D. & Willis, J. (2007). Doing Task-based Teaching. Oxford: OUP

Points

LANGTCHG 306: 15 points

Prerequisites

30 points from LINGUIST 200-203, 205, LANGTCHG 202, 205 or 120 points passed from Part I of the BEd(TESOL), or approval of the Academic Head or nominee