Presentation Overview
• Definitions of a task, as applied in GLOSS
• Rationale for using tasks
• Concepts applicable to GLOSS LOs
• Research on the conditions for effective input
processing used in LOs
• Some task types used in GLOSS LOs
• ILR and Text Typologies – a tool for source
selection
• Instructional Design: Learning task + Language
competence
• Sequencing tasks and activities
• Specifics of web-based task-based activities
• Role of GLOSS virtual teacher
• How to find GLOSS LOs and how they can be used
outside and inside a classroom