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    3. An Introduction to Task-based Teaching
    David Nunan
    Course Description

    Welcome to the Cengage Learning ELT Advantage course An Introduction to Task-based Teaching by Dr. David Nunan.


    This course will introduce you to an important approach to language teaching. It will look at task-based language teaching in a broad way. You will study what task-based teaching is, how it developed and how it fits into a broader curriculum framework. Most importantly, this course will focus on how task-based language teaching works in the classroom.


    This course is meant to be practical. It will provide many examples of task-based language teaching in activities and from textbooks. At the end of this course, you will have learned how to implement task-based solution in your own classroom.


    Also, students who successfully complete this course will receive a TESOL Certificate of Completion.

    Instructor:

    David Nunan

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    Instructor: David Nunan

    Dr. David Nunan is the Dean of the Graduate School of Education at Anaheim University. Prior to this appointment, he was Chair Professor of Applied Linguistics and Director of the English Centre at the University of Hong Kong and formerly the Director of Research and Development and Coordinator of Postgraduate Programs in Linguistics at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.


    David has also been recently appointed to the position of President, International Academics, a body appointed by the Ministry of Education in Beijing, China to develop and implement standards for English teachers.


    David is an accomplished author of over 100 books and articles in the areas of curriculum and materials development, classroom-based research and discourse analysis. He is also a textbook author whose projects have included Atlas, Go for it!, Listen In, Speak Out and Expressions, all published by Heinle Cengage Learning. David loves to travel and spends a great deal of time traveling around the world giving presentations to teachers.

    Requirements

    Internet access, e-mail, the Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox Web browser, and the Adobe Flash and PDF plug-ins (two free and simple downloads you obtain athttp://www.adobe.com/downloads by clicking Get Adobe Flash Player and Get Adobe Reader).

    Syllabus

    A new section of each course starts monthly. If enrolling in a series of two or more courses, please be sure to space the start date for each course at least two months apart.


    All courses run for six weeks, with a two-week grace period at the end. Two lessons are released each week for the six-week duration of the course. You do not have to be present when lessons are released. You will have access to all lessons until the course ends. However, the interactive discussion area that accompanies each lesson will automatically close two weeks after the lesson is released. As such, we strongly recommend that you complete each lesson within two weeks of its release.


    The final exam will be released on the same day as the last lesson. Once the final exam has been released, you will have two weeks to complete all of your course work, including the final exam.


    Week 1

    Wednesday - Lesson 01
    Introduction and Approaches to Language Curriculum


    Friday - Lesson 02
    Defining Task-Based Language Teaching


    Week 2

    Wednesday - Lesson 03
    Principles for Task-Based Language Teaching


    Friday - Lesson 04
    A Framework for Task-Based Language Teaching


    Week 3

    Wednesday - Lesson 05
    Task Components


    Friday - Lesson 06
    Task Types


    Week 4

    Wednesday - Lesson 07
    The Research Basis for Task-Based Language Teaching


    Friday - Lesson 08
    Grading and Sequencing Tasks


    Week 5

    Wednesday - Lesson 09
    Learning Styles and Strategies


    Friday - Lesson 10
    The Place of Grammar Within Task-Based Language Teaching


    Week 6

    Wednesday - Lesson 11
    Assessing Students in Task-Based Language Teaching


    Friday - Lesson 12
    Evaluating Tasks