Part 4: Above and beyond: Tasks and content

4.1. Task-based language teaching (TBLT)

  • From CLT to TBLT.
  • Task definition from TBLT & Ellis.
  • Task-based syllabus.
  • Task cycle.
  • Focus on form.

Larsen-Freeman & Anderson 2011, ch. 11 “TBLT”, pp. 192-205

Task-based cycle in a lesson structure
Task-based cycle in a lesson structure

4.2. Project-based language teaching

  • Project-based learning.
  • Projects as extended and complex tasks.

Kokotsaki, D., Menzies, V., & Wiggins, A. (2016). Project-based learning: A review of the literature. Improving Schools, 19(3), 267–277. https://doi.org/10.1177/1365480216659733 PDF

4.3. Flipped learning & technology

  • Flipped classroom approach.
  • Active learning.
  • Technology for language learning and teaching.
  • Affordances.
  • Online learning.
  • Recapitulation.

Kerr, P. (2020). Flipped learning. Part of the Cambridge Papers in ELT series PDF

4.4.Content and language integrated learning (CLIL)

  • CLIL and content-based instruction.

Larsen-Freeman & Anderson, 2011, ch. 10 “Content-based instruction”, pp. 172-191

4.5. Error, feedback and assessment

  • Focus on form.
  • Corrective feedback (input-prov vs output-prompting, implicit/explicit).
  • Written feedback.
  • Formative assessment (not graded).
  • Assessing performance.
  • Rubrics.

Kerr, P. (2020). Giving feedback to language learners. Part of the Cambridge Papers in ELT Series PDF

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