Acknowledgements xvi
Introduction 1
Part 1 Background
1. Language Use, Holistic Activity and Second Language Learning 7
2. Holistic Tasks in an Educational Context:Some Key Issues 18
3. Holistic Tasks in a Research Context:Some Key Issues 37
4. Tasks in Second Language Pedagogy 51
5. Defining Pedagogic Tasks: Issues and Challenges 62
6. Engaging Learning Processes: Implications for the Use of Second Language Tasks 71
7. Researching Second Language Pedagogic Tasks 82
Part 2 Interactions between Research and Practice
8. Task Research from a Pedagogical Perspective 133
9. Pedagogic Perspectives on Second Language Tasks 192
Part 3 Exploring Tasks
10. Research Directions 233
Part 4 Resources
11. Further Resources 267
References 277
Name Index 291
Subject Index 295
