Task-Based Instruction for Teaching Russian as a Foreign Language

<p><em>Task-Based Instruction for Teaching Russian as a Foreign Language</em> presents the most recent developments in the field of task-based language teaching (TBLT) and highlights impactful research-based instructional practices of applying TBLT for the teaching of Russian.</p><p>This comprehensive volume extends the current understanding of the nature and role of tasks in course development, authenticity in task design, the role of the instructor in TBLT, teaching culture through TBLT, the intersection of complex morphology and explicit grammar instruction with task-based approaches, collaborative interaction within TBLT, and technology-mediated tasks. This resource focuses on the unique set of factors and challenges that arise when applying TBLT in the instruction of Russian and other morphologically rich languages.</p><p>This edited volume will be of interest to teachers of Russian as well as researchers in Russian language acquisition, language pedagogy, and Slavic applied linguistics.</p> <p>1. Task-Based Instruction for Teaching Russian as a Foreign Language: Perspectives and practice 2. Morphology acquisition research meets instruction of L2 Russian: A contextualized literature review 3. Cracking the Cyrillic code through tasks: Implications for instruction and foreign language teacher education 4. Learner corpus as a medium for tasks 5. Task-based vlogs in an Elementary Russian classroom 6. Russian and Russia through tasks for beginners: Applying task-based language teaching at a low proficiency level 7. Teaching Russian in Brazil: Learner-centered task design and TORFL connection 8. Task-Based learning in the "grand simulation" context: Six principles for success from isolated immersion programs 9. Использование целевого задания в краткосрочных курсах РКИ для иностранных студентов-нефилологов 10. Task-based peer interaction in Russian as a second/foreign language classes 11. Kommunalka: Virtual space as a platform for task-based learning 12. Developing global competence in an advanced Russian course 13. TBLT in Russian classrooms: Reflections on practice and future directions</p>