Task Criteria and Activity Differentiation in EFL Coursebooks
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- Agawa Grant S.
- Nagoya University of Commerce and Business
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- Watson Kevin
- Nagoya University of Commerce and Business
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A deeper understanding of tasks and how they differ from activities facilitates adaptation of General English (GE) coursebook materials for EFL learners. This paper argues that certain "tasks" in coursebooks that advertise task-based lessons do not always meet the explanations of researchers on the matter. By way of synthesis, Ellis (2003) considers nine researchers' definitions of language tasks in order to formulate six criteria of tasks, and this is utilized in conjunction with Littlejohn's (1998) framework for coursebook analysis. This analysis finds that listening "tasks" in Interchange (2005a), an EFL coursebook that advertises Task-Based Learning (TBL) listening, fall short of Ellis's criteria. This paper further proposes methods of altering activities towards the concept of tasks to guide instructors in the adaptation of EFL materials.
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- NUCB journal of language culture and communication
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NUCB journal of language culture and communication 14 (1), 35-45, 2012
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- CRID
- 1571980077778074368
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- NII論文ID
- 110009494188
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- NII書誌ID
- AA11319906
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- ISSN
- 13443984
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- 本文言語コード
- en
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