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Task Analysis

Good Work ! Now, let's apply what we know about task design and evaluate the following activities.

Task or Not a task?

Based on the previous description of what a task is, would you consider the following activities "tasks" or not? Remember to keep in mind the four general guidelines to technology-based task design!

1. Each student in a pair has a version of a drawing and pairs discuss and work together to find the differences between their versions.

  1. Task
  2. Not a task

2. Students read an article in a target language newspaper.

  1. Task
  2. Not a task

3. Students go online and perform a web search of universities in the target culture and what courses they offer.

  1. Task
  2. Not a task

4. Students engage in a pair activity from a book, asking and answering questions using the past tense.

  1. Task
  2. Not a task

5. Students listen to a song in the target language and follow along with a handout of the words.

  1. Task
  2. Not a task
 
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