Full Description
Brings together the latest research and advances in task-based language teaching and highlights the specific and practical implications for morphologically-rich languages such as Russian.Instructors and researchers working in the field of Russian language teaching and learning, and interested in task-based instruction, will save time with this comprehensive resource that focuses on the factors and challenges unique to applying this method to Russian specifically.Comprehensive coverage includes topics such as the nature and types of tasks in course development, authenticity in task design, the role of the instructor in TBLT, teaching culture through TBLT, effective sequencing of tasks, the intersection of explicit grammar instruction and/or focus on form with task-based approaches, collaborative interaction within TBLT, technology-mediated tasks.The ideal companion for anyone interested in embracing TBLT and TSLT in their own pedagogical practices.
Contents
1. Task-Based Instruction for Teaching Russian as a Foreign LanguagePerspectives and practice 2. Morphology acquisition research meets instruction of L2 Russian: A contextualized literature review 3. Cracking the Cyrillic code through tasks: Implications for instruction and foreign language teacher education 4. Learner corpus as a medium for tasks 5. Task-based vlogs in an Elementary Russian classroom 6. Russian and Russia through tasks for beginners: Applying task-based language teaching at a low proficiency level 7. Teaching Russian in Brazil: Learner-centered task design and TORFL connection 8. Task-Based learning in the "grand simulation" context: Six principles for success from isolated immersion programs 9. - 10. Task-based peer interaction in Russian as a second/foreign language classes 11. Kommunalka: Virtual space as a platform for task-based learning 12. Developing global competence in an advanced Russian course 13. TBLT in Russian classrooms: Reflections on practice and future directions
