Tuesday, June 29, 2010

"Acquisition is the subconscious process that happens naturally and leads to fluency; learning being the conscious process". - Krashen

A Framework in Task-Based Learning
Jane Willis, 1996
"We also know that too much emphasis on small-group communication without any call for accuracy may result in learners' grammar fossilising; some learners develop fluency at the expense of accuracy".

A Framework in Task-Based Learning
Jane Willis, 1996
"... practice of language forms does not necessarily make perfect".

A Framework in Task-Based Learning
Jane Willis, 1996
The aim of communication tasks is to stimulate real communication in the target language. ... But typically, such tasks are used at the end of a methodological cycle, rather than being central to that cycle, or are used as the basis for separate speaking skills lessons.

A Framework for Task-Based Learning
Jane Willis, 1996