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Learner‐Centered Tasks in the Foreign Language Classroom
Author(s) -
Thomson Chihiro Kinoshita
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
foreign language annals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.258
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1944-9720
pISSN - 0015-718X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1944-9720.1992.tb01137.x
Subject(s) - task (project management) , foreign language , language education , task analysis , communicative language teaching , psychology , mathematics education , second language , computer science , pedagogy , linguistics , engineering , philosophy , systems engineering
The article first discusses communicative language teaching and self‐directed learning, then introduces an analytical framework for designing a task, using Nunan's framework. This is followed by a case study done in the Department of Japanese Studies at the National University of Singapore involving 220 first‐year Japanese language students. The case study is a description and analysis of a task which is communicatively based, learner‐centered and which promotes self‐directed learning. Then some suggestions are made for course and task designers.