本书结合作者本人和其他学者对任务型语言教学的研究，结合众多具体的教学案例，从不同层面对任务型语言教学进行了介绍和分析，涉及核心概念、任务选择、教学方法、教学评估等方面，并在书后附有推荐阅读书目、术语表和索引。

Preface
Chapter 1 What Is Task-based Language Teaching?
Chapter □ Some Key Concepts
Chapter 3 Choosing Tasks
Chapter 4 The Methodology of a Task-based Lesson
Chapter 5 Focus-on-Form
Chapter 6 Assessing Students Using Tasks
Chapter 7 Addressing Problems in Task-based Language Teaching
Appendix The Heart Transplant Task
Suggested Further Reading
Glossary
References
Index