Task Details
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Task Plan
Title
What are you wearing? / Was trägst du?
Language Characteristics
Non-linguistic outcome
Focus on meaning
Reliance on learners' own resources
Task Goals
To describe an object, person or place
To learn new content (focus on meaning)
Language Skills Practiced
Writing
Speaking/Pronunciation
Listening
General Domain
Personal
General Topic
Describe people using the clothing they are wearing
Target Languages
German
Abilities Fostered
Linguistic competence (ability to communicate with grammatical accuracy)
Cognitive Skills
Classifying
Mode of Communication
Face-to-face (in person)
Digital (online)
Hybrid of face-to-face and in person
Asynchronous
Synchronous
Text chat
Type of Participation
Small group work
Whole class
Focused or Unfocused
Focused task (specific language focus)
Focus Type
Vocabulary
Language Features
Clothing
Input/Output
Input providing
Output prompting
Kind of Input
Manipulated authentic/genuine (authentic input edited for L2 learners)
Simplified
Output Type
Accuracy
Type of Input
Aural (listening) input
Pictorial input
Written input
Concrete input
Type of Output
Oral output
Written output
Concrete output
Type of Task
Classification/Grouping
Description
Task Features/Conditions
Here-and-now
Planning time
Few elements -
No reasoning demands
Independent steps
No prior knowledge required/assumed
One-way information flow (monologic)
Learning new information
Stand-alone task
Outcome
Open solution
Appropriate Learners
5-7 years (early literate)
8-12 years
13-18 years
18-22 years
22-40 years
40-60 years
60+ years
Proficiency Framework
No - I didn't follow a particular framework
Proficiency Levels
Complete beginners
Low beginners
Mid beginners
Learner Individual Differences
Literate learners
Foreign language learners
Second/additional language learners
Non-traditional students
Traditional school students
Context
School setting - University
Second/additional language context
Foreign language context
Context Details
Task-based program
Task-supported program
Used in Research?
No
Do you have plans to publish this in the future?
Unsure
Part of a series?
No
Uploader Name
Clara Luft
Uploader Email
ckluft@iu.edu
Uploader Affiliation
Indiana University
Uploader Identity
Teacher - University-level Spanish
Researcher - Latin American Studies
Uploader Relationship
I am the sole creator of this task
Creative Commons
Agreed