Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-273) and indexes.
Ch. 1. Introduction : task-based language teaching in a nutshell / Kris Van den Branden -- Ch. 2. From needs to tasks : language learning needs in a task-based approach / Piet Van Avermaet and Sara Gysen -- Ch. 3. Tasks for absolute beginners and beyond : developing and sequencing tasks at basic proficiency levels / Goedele Duran and Griet Ramaut -- Ch. 4. Developing language tasks for primary and secondary education / Koen Van Gorp and Nora Bogaert -- Ch. 5. Task-based language teaching in science education and vocational training / Nora Bogaert, Koen Van Gorp, Katrien Bultynck, An Lanssens and Veerle Depauw -- Ch. 6. Task-based language teaching and ICT : developing and assessing interactive multimedia for task-based language teaching / Walter Schrooten -- Ch. 7. Developing and introducing task-based language tests / Marleen Colpin and Sara Gysen -- Ch. 8. The role of the teacher in task-based language teaching / Piet Van Avermaet, Marleen Colpin, Koen Van Gorp, Nora Bogaert and Kris Van den Branden -- Ch. 9. A box full of feelings : promoting infants' second language acquisition all day long / Machteld Verhelst -- Ch. 10. Training teachers : task-based as well? / Kris Van den Branden.
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This book aims to offer a unique contribution to the expanding literature on TBLT by uniting a discussion of task-based pedagogical principles with descriptions of their application to real-life education problems. It provides an account of the many challenges and obstacles that the implementation of task-based language education raises and discuss the different options for overcoming them. The book contains a substantial body of new research from Flanders, where the implementation of TBLT has been a nationwide project for the past fifteen years in primary, secondary, and adult education. -- Back cover.