29.3458, Summer Schools: English; Language Acquisition : Communication and tasks in second language teaching (Professor Alessandro Benati)/Italy

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Subject: 29.3458, Summer Schools:  English; Language Acquisition : Communication and tasks in second language teaching (Professor Alessandro Benati)/Italy

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Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2018 12:04:29
From: Gaia Gaia Chiuchiù [gaia.chiuchiu at port.ac.uk]
Subject: Communication and tasks in second language teaching (Professor Alessandro Benati)/Italy

 

Communication and tasks in second language teaching (Professor Alessandro Benati)

Host Institution: 
Website: http://assisisummerschool.com/prodotto/communication/

Dates: 30-May-2019 - 01-Jun-2019
Location: Assisi, Umbria, Italy

Focus: Communication is the expression, interpretation and negotiation of meaning in a given context. How do we ensure we implement this concept in second language teaching?
Minimum Education Level: BA


Description:
What is the nature of communication? Very often communication in second
language teaching is equated to the use of the Q/A paradigm. Q/A practice very
often resolves in the following: few learners participate; native speaker
speaks a lot; roles for both instructor and learner are restricted; language
learner speaks very little; not much interaction and negotiation of meaning.
Communication cannot be equated with questions and answers (Q/A) practice.
Communication is the expression, interpretation and negotiation of meaning in
a given context. How do we ensure we implement this concept in second language
teaching? Tasks (and not exercises) should form the backbone of the language
curriculum. Tasks are the quintessential communicative event in contemporary
language teaching. They involve the use of the language to express and
interpret meaning and their main purpose is not language practice. In this
module we will explore the role of tasks in the language classroom.
Participants will be able to develop their own material (oral, reading and
comprehension, listening and writing tasks) and plan how to test the
effectiveness of tasks in the language classroom through ‘action research’.


Linguistic Field(s): Language Acquisition


Subject Languages: English

Tuition: 340 EUR

Registration: 23-Sep-2018 to 14-Apr-2019

Contact Person: Gaia Chiuchiù
                Phone: + 39 075 815281
                Email: info at aliassisi.it

Apply by Email: info at aliassisi.it
Apply on the web: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfYbSVVQLd-mqwW7DCXHN2FS9sHwk2dxtDm9XDjQKOmplP50Q/viewform?usp=sf_link

Registration Instructions:
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