A Practical Guide to Integrating Technology into Task-Based Language Teaching

Authors

  • Ed Dixon University of Pennsylvania

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/cj.33433

Keywords:

TBLT, Technology, Pedagogy

Author Biography

  • Ed Dixon, University of Pennsylvania
    Ed Dixon Ph.D. is Director for Technology of Penn Language Center (PLC) and former president of the Northeast Association for Language Learning and Technology (NEALLT). He has over 25 years of teaching experience in the field of German language education at colleges and universities including Swarthmore, Villanova, George Washington University, and The University of Pennsylvania. He has also taught seminar courses in Penn’s Critical Writing Program and in the Graduate School of Education. At Penn, Ed provides professional development opportunities for faculty through technology-focused workshops, performs classroom observations in PLC language courses, and advises PLC faculty on pedagogical techniques and strategies for improving classroom instruction. His research focuses on the affordances and challenges of different instructional approaches for teaching language and culture in both online and hybrid courses. In 2010, Ed taught the first fully online German language course for credit from the University of Pennsylvania and designed in 2014 the first language-learning MOOC for German on the Coursera platform.

References

Chapelle, C. (1998). Multimedia CALL: Lessons to be learned from research on instructed SLA. Language Learning and Technology, 2(1), 22–34.

Chapelle, C. (2014). Afterward: Technology-mediated TBLT and the evolving role of the innovator. In M. González-Lloret & L. Ortega (Eds.), Technology-mediated TBLT: Researching technology and tasks (pp. 323–334). Task-based Language Teaching 6. Philadelphia: John Benjamins.

Doughty, C., & Long, M. H. (2003). Optimal psycholinguistic environments for distance foreign language learning. Language Learning and Technology, 7 (3), 50–80.

Ellis, R. (2003). Task-based language learning and teaching. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Nunan, D. (2004). Task-based language teaching. Cambridge Language Teaching Library. New York: Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511667336

Willis, Jane. 1996. A Framework for Task-based Teaching. London: Longmans.

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Published

2018-05-15

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How to Cite

Dixon, E. (2018). A Practical Guide to Integrating Technology into Task-Based Language Teaching. CALICO Journal, 35(2), 209-213. https://doi.org/10.1558/cj.33433

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