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1、TeachersExploringTasksinEnglishLanguageTeachingEditedbyCoronyEdwardsandJaneWillisTeachersExploringTasksinEnglishLanguageTeachingPrepublicationpraiseforTeachersExploringTasksinEnglishLanguageTeaching‘JaneWillis’andCoronyEdwards’editedcollectionofpapers,TeachersExploringTas
2、ksinEnglishLanguageTeaching,offersanexcellent“makingpublic”ofthevarietyofwaysinwhichteachersusetaskstobetterunderstandtheirteachingandtheirstudents’learning.Therangeofreports–focusingonstudents,oncontent,andonclassroomcommu-nitiesinavarietyofgeographicalandeducationalsett
3、ings–isimpres-sive.Inadoptingtask-basedteaching,asWillisandEdwardsdefineit,thecontributorstothiscollectionwriteabouttheirclassroompracticesfromacommonpointofview,creatinginasenseashared“grammar”oftheclassroom.Thisapproachthenmakestheiraccountsbothveryreadableand,Iwouldthi
4、nk,highlyreplicablebyreaders.Clearly,class-roomteachinggenerally,andELTteachinginparticular,iscomingofageasteachersexplorewhatandhowtheirstudentslearn,andarticu-latetheunderstandingsthatresultfromtheirexplorations,astheydointhisvolume.’—DonaldFreeman,DeanLanguageTeacherEd
5、ucation,SchoolforInternationalTraining,USA‘ESLteachersintheUnitedStatesandotherEnglish-speakingcountriescanmakeeffectiveuseofeverychapterinthebook’—BettyLouLeaver,Dean,NewYorkInstituteofTechnologyinAmman,Jordan‘Highquality,extremelyreadableandaccessible…Ianticipatethatthi
6、svolumewillbeextremelypopularwithclassroomteachers.Ifounditrefreshing,andevenexciting,toreadaccountsofprofessionalpracticebypeoplewhohavenothithertobeenwidelypublished.ThevolumewillbeusefulnotonlyonMAcoursesbutalsoonawiderangeofin-servicecourses…anexcitingandinnovativepro
7、ject.’—ProfessorDavidNunan,TheEnglishCentre,HongKong‘Classroomteachingandlearningordinarilycenteronspecificlanguagetasks.Instructionbecomesmoreeffectivewhenteachersunderstandtheroleoflanguagetasks,recognizetheirstudents’needs,andapplybothtypesofinformationinasound,creativ
8、eway.Withbettertask-basedinstructionasagoal,currentandfutureteacherswillbenefitfromtheenlighteni
