第二语言学习中的任务

Contents

Acknowledgements xvi

Introduction 1

Part 1　Background

1. Language Use, Holistic Activity and Second

Language Learning 7

2. Holistic Tasks in an Educational Context:

Some Key Issues 18

3. Holistic Tasks in a Research Context:

Some Key Issues 37

4. Tasks in Second Language Pedagogy 51

5. Defining Pedagogic Tasks: Issues and Challenges 62

6. Engaging Learning Processes: Implications for the

Use of Second Language Tasks 71

7. Researching Second Language Pedagogic Tasks 82

Part 2　Interactions between Research and Practice

8. Task Research from a Pedagogical Perspective 133

9. Pedagogic Perspectives on Second Language Tasks 192

Part 3　Exploring Tasks

10. Research Directions 233

Part 4　Resources

11. Further Resources 267

References 277

Name Index 291

Subject Index 295