23.2152, Books: Task-Based Language Learning and Teaching with Technology: Thomas, Reinders (Eds)

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From: Ellena Moriarty [Ellena.moriarty at bloomsbury.com]
Subject: Task-Based Language Learning and Teaching with Technology: Thomas, Reinders (Eds)

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Title: Task-Based Language Learning and Teaching with Technology 
Publication Year: 2012 
Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd
	   http://www.continuumbooks.com

Book URL: http://www.continuumbooks.com/books/detail.aspx?BookId=168448 

Editor: Michael Thomas
Editor: Hayo Reinders

Paperback: ISBN: 1441124012 9781441124012 Pages: 272 Price: U.K. £ 27.99

Abstract:

Please note: This is a new edition of a previously announced text.

This edited collection considers the relationship between task-based 
language teaching (TBLT) and technology-enhanced learning.  TBLT is 
concerned with a number of macro-tasks such as information gathering and 
problem-solving as well as evaluative tasks, all of which are increasingly 
available via online and Web-based technologies.  Technology Enhanced 
Learning refers to a broad conception of technology use in the language 
classroom and incorporates a range of interactive learning technologies such 
as Interactive Whiteboards and mobile learning devices.

The popularity of Web 2.0 technologies (blogs, wikis, social networking sites, 
podcasting, virtual worlds), as well as practical applications of mobile 
learning, place a fresh emphasis on creating project-orientated language 
learning tasks with a clear real-world significance for learners of foreign 
languages.  This book examines the widespread interest in these new 
technology-enhanced learning environments and looks at how they are being 
used to promote task-based learning. This book will appeal to practioners and 
researchers in applied linguistics, second language acquisition and education 
studies.

'Though task-based and technology-mediated language instruction are a 
natural match, no works before this edited collected have explained the 
relationship so clearly. Highly recommended for researchers and practitioners 
alike who are interested in how authentic interaction via digital media can 
improve second language learning.' Professor Mark Warschauer, Department 
of Education, University of California, Irvine, USA

Contents: List of Abbreviations \ List of Figures and Tables \ List of 
Contributors \ Foreword Rod Ellis \ 1. Introduction Michael Thomas and Hayo 
Reinders \ PART I. RESEARCH ON TASKS IN CALL  \ 2. Research on the 
Use of Technology in Task-Based Language Teaching Andreas Müller-
Hartmann and Marita Schocker-v. Ditfurth \ 3. Task-Based Language 
Teaching in Networked-Based CALL: An Analysis of Research on Learner 
Interaction in Synchronous CMC Mark Peterson \ 4. Taking Intelligent CALL 
to Task Matthias Schulze \ 5. Effects of Multimodality in Computer-Mediated 
Communication Tasks Glenn Stockwell \ 6. Measuring Complexity in Task-
Based Synchronous Computer-Mediated Communication Karina Collentine \ 
PART II. APPLYING TECHNOLOGY-MEDIATED TASKS  \ 7. Task Design 
for a Virtual Learning Environment in a Distance Language Course Regine 
Hampel \ 8. Teacher Development, TBLT and Technology Thomas Raith and 
Volker Hegelheimer \ 9. Edubba: Real-world Writing Tasks in a Virtual World 
Kenneth Reeder \ 10. The Enactment of Task Design in Telecollaboration 2.0 
Mirjam Hauck \ 11. Afterword: Future Directions for Technology-Mediated 
Tasks Gary Motteram and Michael Thomas \ Index 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
                     Language Acquisition

Written In: English  (eng)

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