KOTESOL International Conference 2016
(Concurrent Session)
Gregory Heathco, Hansung University
Interaction and Meaning: Task-Based Teaching in the Korean Classroom
Abstract
This workshop aims to show how Korean textbooks and classrooms can be adapted to accommodate communicative language learning and task-based teaching.
Part 1 of the presentation will provide participants with some background information about the communicative approach and task-based teaching, including history, purpose, and "task" definitions.
Part 2 will introduce participants to the task-based framework and basic task-sequence approaches. Participants will also be shown how to include a form focus at the end of their cycle.
In part 3, participants will be asked to complete a short demonstration of the task sequence using a receptive skills lesson from a Korean secondary English textbook.
The workshop will conclude with a review of the demonstration lesson and the task criteria fulfilled in each stage.
Biographicals
Gregory Heathco is an assistant professor at Hansung University in Seoul. He has a MA in Adult Education and a DELTA Diploma from Cambridge English. He left his home in sunny Arizona nearly 6 years ago and has worked in various English teaching capacities on three different continents.
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