Rod Ellis

Rod Ellis provides readers with a comprehensive review of this important area of applied linguistics. He does not take up a particular stance, but examines different theories of second language acquisition and the critical reactions to them.

Task-based Language Learning and Teaching explores the relationship between research, teaching and tasks and seeks to clarify the issues raised by recent work in this field. The book shows how research and task-based teaching can inform each other and illuminate the areas of task-based course design, methodology and testing.

Designed for both students and teachers current thinking and acts as a guide to further enquiry. It is intended for students and teachers of English as a foreign language and English as a second lang