Course : Applied Linguistics to Foreign Language Teaching and Learning

Applied Linguistics to Foreign Language Teaching and Learning

ENL5 - Evdokia Karavas

Course Units

8. Recent Developments in Foreign Language Teaching Pedagogy

7. Focus on Learning and the L... 6. View of Language Acquisitio...

magic wandThe final unit of the course focuses on recent approaches in foreign language teaching. More specifically, it begins with a detailed overview of the main principles and features of the communicative approach, principles of communicative activities and its drawbacks. This leads to the presentation of the rationale and main features of task based language learning and the design task based lessons. The unit closes with a presentation of culture in language teaching and the importance of developing students’ intercultural competence.

Presentations

 

Videolectures

 

Reader and Workbook

 

Further Readings

Bax, S. (2003). The end of CLT: A context approach to language teaching. ELT journal, 57(3), 278-287.

Carless, D. (2002). Implementing task‐based learning with young learners. ELT journal, 56(4), 389-396.

Carless, D. (2007). The suitability of task-based approaches for secondary schools: Perspectives from Hong Kong. System, 35(4), 595-608.

Crabbe, D. (2007). Learning opportunities: adding learning value to tasks. ELT Journal, 61(2), 117-125.

Foster, P. (1999). Task-based learning and pedagogy. ELT Journal,53(1), 69 –70.

Karavas-Doukas, E. (1996). Using attitude scales to investigate teachers' attitudes to the communicative approach. ELT journal, 50(3), 187-198.

Littlewood, W. (2004). The task-based approach: Some questions and suggestions. ELT journal, 58(4), 319-326.

Murphy, J. (2003). Task‐based learning: the interaction between tasks and learners. ELT journal, 57(4), 352-360.

Seedhouse, P. (1999). Task-based interaction. ELT journal, 53(3), 149-156.

Senior, R. M. (2002). A class‐centred approach to language teaching. ELT Journal, 56(4), 397-403.

Thompson, G. (1996). Some misconceptions about communicative language teaching. ELT journal, 50(1), 9-15.

Tags: communicative approach, communicative activities, task based language teaching, task, culture, interlinguistic and intercultural competence