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Direct linkBryfonski, Lara; McKay, Todd H. – Language Teaching Research, 2019
Task-based language teaching (TBLT) is an empirically investigated pedagogy that has garnered attention from language programs across the globe. TBLT provides an alternative to traditional grammar translation or present-practice-produce pedagogies by emphasizing interaction during authentic tasks. Despite several previous meta-analyses…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Erlam, Rosemary – Language Teaching Research, 2016
Ellis (2003) identifies four key criteria that distinguish a "task" from the types of situational grammar exercises that are typically found in the more traditional language classroom. This study investigates how well teachers were able to design tasks that fulfilled these four criteria (Ellis, 2003) at the end of a year-long…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods, Task Analysis
González-Lloret, Marta; Nielson, Katharine B. – Language Teaching Research, 2015
The need for foreign language education in the US has increased in recent years, and teaching methods based on traditional textbooks are unlikely to meet the real-world needs of current learners. As a response, interest in Language for Specific Purposes programs has grown and so has Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) methodology. This article…
Descriptors: Spanish, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Proficiency
Fenton-Smith, Ben; Torpey, Michael John – Language Teaching Research, 2013
Despite the ubiquity of teachers of English as a foreign language (EFL) globally and the weight of evidence about the importance of training for new expatriate staff in international settings, the process of orienting EFL instructors to new workplaces and unfamiliar cultural surroundings has yet to be researched. This article presents the results…
Descriptors: Experienced Teachers, Stakeholders, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Llosa, Lorena; Slayton, Julie – Language Teaching Research, 2009
The purpose of this paper is to discuss how program evaluation can be conducted and communicated in ways that meaningfully affect the education of English language learners (ELLs) in US schools. First, the paper describes the Waterford Early Reading Program Evaluation, a large-scale evaluation of a reading intervention implemented in schools with…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Program Evaluation, Early Reading, Reading Programs
Peacock, Matthew – Language Teaching Research, 2009
This article presents a new procedure for the evaluation of EFL teacher-training programmes based on principles of programme evaluation and foreign-language-teacher (FLT) education. The procedure focuses on programme strengths and weaknesses and how far the programme meets the needs of students. I tested the procedure through an evaluation of a…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Student Teaching, Student Attitudes, Second Language Instruction
