Individual Differences and Task-based Language Teaching (Task-based Language Teaching, 16)

by: Shaofeng Li (Editor)

Publisher: John Benjamins Pub Co

Publication Date: 2024/8/15

Language: English

Print Length: 388 pages

ISBN-10: 902721476X

ISBN-13: 9789027214768

Book Description

This volume consists of a collection of empirical studies and research syntheses investigating the role of individual difference (ID) variables in task-based language teaching (TBLT)—a pedagogical approach that emphasizes the importance of the performance of meaning-oriented tasks in facilitating second language leaing. TBLT is subject to leaer-exteal as well as leaer-inteal factors, with the former referring to task- and context-related factors, and the latter to ID factors pertaining to leaer traits, dispositions, or propensities. To date, the research has focused primarily on leaer-exteal factors, and there has been insufficient and unsystematic research on individual difference factors. This volume brings centre stage this important but under-researched dimension by means of a comprehensive, in-depth examination of the role of key ID factors in TBLT. The volume integrates theory, research, and pedagogy by spelling out the mechanism through which IDs influence leaing attainment, behaviours, and processes, examining evidence for theoretical claims, and discussing ways to apply research findings and cater to individual differences in the task-based classroom.

About the Author

This volume consists of a collection of empirical studies and research syntheses investigating the role of individual difference (ID) variables in task-based language teaching (TBLT)—a pedagogical approach that emphasizes the importance of the performance of meaning-oriented tasks in facilitating second language leaing. TBLT is subject to leaer-exteal as well as leaer-inteal factors, with the former referring to task- and context-related factors, and the latter to ID factors pertaining to leaer traits, dispositions, or propensities. To date, the research has focused primarily on leaer-exteal factors, and there has been insufficient and unsystematic research on individual difference factors. This volume brings centre stage this important but under-researched dimension by means of a comprehensive, in-depth examination of the role of key ID factors in TBLT. The volume integrates theory, research, and pedagogy by spelling out the mechanism through which IDs influence leaing attainment, behaviours, and processes, examining evidence for theoretical claims, and discussing ways to apply research findings and cater to individual differences in the task-based classroom.