Action-oriented Approach Bite-sized Infosheets
What Can You find?
In this section, you will find bite-sized infosheets on the action‑oriented approach. They are quick texts designed to help language educators understand and build a foundation for an action‑oriented approach in language education. The infosheets take only 5-10 minutes to go through. Also, they give a clear overview and provide links to more detailed materials if you want to explore further.
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AoA, CLT & TBLT: Similarities & Differences
Both approaches emphasize meaningful communication and real-world language use rather than isolated grammar instruction…
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Introduction to Affordances
Affordances refer to meaningful ways of interacting with the environment through perception-in-action (Van Lier, 2002).
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Introduction to Descriptors
Descriptors, or descriptors of learning outcomes, are short, one-sentence definitions that characterize a person’s language ability.
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Introduction to Mediation
Mediation is the fourth mode of communication in the CEFR with reception, interaction and production.
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Introduction to the Action-oriented Approach
The action-oriented approach takes task-based learning to a level where the class and the outside world are integrated
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Introduction to the CEFR
The CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, teaching, assessment) is a reference…
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Introduction to the Learner as a Social Agent
Learning a language and using a language are not two separate activities. Individuals learn languages by using them and use languages in their learning process.
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Tasks in Action-oriented Approach
Tasks are a feature of everyday life in the personal, public, educational, and occupational domains.
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Virtual Exchange (VE)
Virtual exchanges (VE) are technology-mediated, classroom-to-classroom, collaborative learning experiences…
