TASK-BASED LANGUAGE LEARNING AND TEACHING. Rod
Ellis.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003. Pp. x + 387. $24.95 paper.
This book is part of the Oxford University Press series in
Applied
Linguistics. In the preface, Ellis explains that his
goal was to produce a book that “attempts to examine
‘task’ from a variety of perspectives,” noting he was
striving in particular for “a rounded, balanced account of how
tasks have figured in both SLA and language pedagogy” (p. ix). As
Ellis also notes, the book is not a “how to” guide for the
teacher or researcher but rather a text that informs about current
research and practice on task-based second language research and
teaching.
