SpringerBriefs in Education Problem-based Language Learning and Teaching - Loghman Ansarian Mei Lin Teoh Kartoniert (TB)

This book investigates how problem-based learning can be implemented in language classes and how it can bring about a change in language learners' understanding of the foreign language. Based on empirical evidence it provides readers with the theoretical background of this interdisciplinary approach in education discusses the challenges that language teachers might encounter while implementing this approach in language classes and offers procedures for employing the method. It also clarifies the difference between collaborative learning and problem-based learning in which certain dynamics a re at work. It is of interest to researchers and instructors in cognitive learning task-based language teaching and content-focused courses.