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Author Lambert, Craig

Title The Role of the Learner in Task-Based Language Teaching Theory and Research Methods
Published Milton : Taylor & Francis Group, 2023

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Description 1 online resource (239 p.)
Series Second Language Acquisition Research Ser
Second Language Acquisition Research Ser
Contents Cover -- Endorsement -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1 The Role Of The Learner In Task- Based Language Teaching -- Tasks, TBLT and the Role of the Learner -- Individual Differences in TBLT Research -- Nomothetic Versus Idiographic Approaches to TBLT Research -- Layout of the Book -- Part 1: Theory -- Part 2: Research Methods -- Conclusion -- References -- Part 1 Theory -- 2 Personal Investment in TBLT -- Introduction -- Personal Investment Theory -- Personal Investment, Attention and Memory
Related Constructs in the TBLT Literature -- Operationalizing Personal Investment Theory -- Personal Investment Through Task Design -- Personal Investment Through Task Implementation -- SLA Research Findings On Personal Investment -- Directions for Future Research On Personal Investment in TBLT -- Discussion Questions -- Further Readings -- References -- 3 Willingness to Communicate in TBLT -- Introduction -- Foundations of WTC -- Task-Specific WTC -- Research On Trait WTC -- Research On Situated WTC -- Research On Dynamic WTC -- A Research Agenda for Task-Specific WTC -- Conclusion
Discussion Questions -- Further Readings -- References -- 4 Emotions in TBLT -- Introduction -- Emotions -- Research On Emotions -- An Agenda for Researching Emotions in TBLT -- Conclusion -- Discussion Questions -- Further Readings -- References -- 5 Engagement in TBLT -- Introduction -- Tasks -- Task Engagement -- Disambiguating Task Engagement and Task Motivation -- Researching Task Engagement -- Engagement as an Emergent Construct -- Engagement as Manifest in Specific Learners -- Engagement as an Adaptive Process -- Engagement as a Contextualized Phenomenon -- Conclusion
Discussion Questions -- Further Readings -- References -- 6 Engagement in Technology-Mediated TBLT -- Introduction -- Theoretical Models of Engagement Relevant to TMTBLT -- Engagement in SCMC -- Overview -- Text-Chat -- Other SCMC Modalities and Engagement -- Task Engagement and MMORPGs -- Task Engagement and Virtual Worlds -- Summary of Key Findings of Previous Research -- Directions for Future Research -- Conclusion -- Discussion Questions -- Further Readings -- References -- Part 2 Research Methods -- 7 Discourse Analytic Methods -- Introduction
Discourse Analytic Measures of Task Engagement -- Engagement in Language Use (ELU) -- Limitations of Discourse Analytic Methods -- Conclusion -- Discussion Questions -- Further Readings -- References -- 8 The Idiodynamic Method -- Introduction -- The Individual + Dynamics -- The Idiodynamic Method -- Research On Task Performance Using the Idiodynamic Method -- Willingness to Communicate -- Motivation -- Emotion -- Emotions and Physiological Processes -- Conclusion -- Discussion Questions -- Notes -- Further Readings -- References -- 9 Non-Verbal Behavioral Methods -- Introduction
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Previous Non-Verbal Emotion Research in Language Learning and Teaching
Form Electronic book
Author Aubrey, Scott
Bui, Gavin
ISBN 9781000874297
100087429X