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TASK-BASED LANGUAGE LEARNING AND TEACHING

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2004

Alison Mackey
Alison Mackey
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Georgetown University
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TASK-BASED LANGUAGE LEARNING AND TEACHING. Rod Ellis. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003. Pp. x + 387. $24.95 paper.

This book is part of the Oxford University Press series in Applied Linguistics. In the preface, Ellis explains that his goal was to produce a book that “attempts to examine ‘task’ from a variety of perspectives,” noting he was striving in particular for “a rounded, balanced account of how tasks have figured in both SLA and language pedagogy” (p. ix). As Ellis also notes, the book is not a “how to” guide for the teacher or researcher but rather a text that informs about current research and practice on task-based second language research and teaching.

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Studies in Second Language Acquisition , Volume 26 , Issue 3 , September 2004 , pp. 480 - 482
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© 2004 Cambridge University Press

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Bygate, M., Skehan, P., & Swain, M. (Eds.). (2001). Researching pedagogic tasks: Second language learning, teaching, and testing. Harlow, UK: Pearson.
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