From task description to task enactment: Teachers' interpretation of language learning tasks

From task description to task enactment: Teachers' interpretation of language learning tasks

Language and Learning

• Sachs, Gertrude Tinker
• Kong, Stella Hong Kong Institute of Education
• Lo, Anne
• Lee, Tom

• Bird, Norman

1994

International Language in Education Conference (1993: University of Hong Kong)

• M Teachers & Education for Teachers
  • MG Identities, Attitudes & Opinion of Educational Workers
• G Curriculum, Teaching & Learning: Specific Disciplines
  • GB English Language

Curriculum Development Hong Kong School Curriculum Teacher Interpretation Language Learning Tasks Class Activities Classroom Techniques Curriculum Design Elementary Secondary Education Foreign Countries Instructional Design Lesson Plans Second Language Learning Second Languages Surveys Task Analysis Teacher Attitudes

• Hong Kong

• 1990-1997.6

• Primary Education
• Secondary Education

This paper shares with readers the findings of a study that was set in the context of a school curriculum initiative on task-based instruction. The study examined 1) the understanding and decision-making of teachers teaching English as a second language about language learning and classroom task preparation, 2) the difference in task interpretation among elementary and secondary teachers, and 3) the factors influencing interpretations. A total of 114 secondary and primary teachers of English attending an in-service teacher education program on the new curriculum were surveyed and interviewed. Findings indicate that the teachers had a tacit understanding of how to develop and adapt a task description for classroom instructional use.

• English

Conference Papers

• 9627854387

https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/bibs/16f64b5f

2010-09-22