Task-based Activities in Reading Comprehension Classes - Task-based Language Teaching & Learning

Given that individual learning agendas determine what is "learnt" in the language classroom, it is generally recognized that students need to be fully involved in what happens there. Task-based learning satisfies this need, involving the learners at every level of the educational process as they pass through comprehension, decision-making, implementation, preparation, rehearsal, performance and reflection. If carried out in the target language, these stages have obvious advantages in terms of authenticity and meaning, but task-based work can also be beneficial in encouraging learners to address their learning needs, to assess themselves, and to become self-directed (Finch, 1999, p.179).

About the author

Naemeh Nahavandi is a PhD candidate in TESL at Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). She received her BA and MA in TEFL from Azad University of Tabriz, Iran. She has been teaching English as a foreign language in language institutes and universities of Iran for 12 years. Her main area of interest includes issues in second and foreign language pedagogy.

Product details

• Authors: Naemeh Nahavandi
• Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Languages: English, German
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2013
• EAN: 9783846552780
• ISBN: 978-3-8465-5278-0
• No. of pages: 124
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 220 mm x 6 mm
• Weight: 181 g
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Methods of empirical and qualitative social research