Michael Thomas is Professor of Education and Social Justice and Chair of the Centre for Educational Research (CERES) at Liverpool John Moores University, UK. Hayo Reinders is Professor of Education and Head of Department at Unitec Institute of Technology, New Zealand, and TESOL Professor and Director of the doctoral program at Anaheim University, USA.

"Though task-based and technology-mediated language instruction are a natural match, no works before this edited collected have explained the relationship so clearly. Highly recommended for researchers and practitioners alike who are interested in how authentic interaction via digital media can improve second language learning."

• List of Abbreviations \ List of Figures and Tables \ List of Contributors \ Foreword Rod Ellis\ 1. Introduction Michael Thomas and Hayo Reinders \PART I. RESEARCH ON TASKS IN CALL \2. Research on the Use of Technology in Task-Based Language TeachingAndreas Müller-Hartmann and Marita Schocker-v. Ditfurth \3. Task-Based Language Teaching in Networked-Based CALL: An Analysis of Research on Learner Interaction in Synchronous CMCMark Peterson \4. Taking Intelligent CALL to TaskMatthias Schulze \5. Effects of Multimodality in Computer-Mediated Communication TasksGlenn Stockwell \6. Measuring Complexity in Task-Based Synchronous Computer-Mediated CommunicationKarina Collentine \PART II. APPLYING TECHNOLOGY-MEDIATED TASKS \7. Task Design for a Virtual Learning Environment in a Distance Language Course Regine Hampel \8. Teacher Development, TBLT and Technology Thomas Raith and Volker Hegelheimer \9. Edubba: Real-world Writing Tasks in a Virtual World Kenneth Reeder \10. The Enactment of Task Design in Telecollaboration 2.0Mirjam Hauck \11. Afterword: Future Directions for Technology-Mediated TasksGary Motteram and Michael Thomas \Index

Michael Thomas is Professor of Education and Social Justice and Chair of the Centre for Educational Research (CERES) at Liverpool John Moores University, UK. Hayo Reinders is Professor of Education and Head of Department at Unitec Institute of Technology, New Zealand, and TESOL Professor and Director of the doctoral program at Anaheim University, USA.

"Though task-based and technology-mediated language instruction are a natural match, no works before this edited collected have explained the relationship so clearly. Highly recommended for researchers and practitioners alike who are interested in how authentic interaction via digital media can improve second language learning."

• List of Abbreviations \ List of Figures and Tables \ List of Contributors \ Foreword Rod Ellis\ 1. Introduction Michael Thomas and Hayo Reinders \PART I. RESEARCH ON TASKS IN CALL \2. Research on the Use of Technology in Task-Based Language TeachingAndreas Müller-Hartmann and Marita Schocker-v. Ditfurth \3. Task-Based Language Teaching in Networked-Based CALL: An Analysis of Research on Learner Interaction in Synchronous CMCMark Peterson \4. Taking Intelligent CALL to TaskMatthias Schulze \5. Effects of Multimodality in Computer-Mediated Communication TasksGlenn Stockwell \6. Measuring Complexity in Task-Based Synchronous Computer-Mediated CommunicationKarina Collentine \PART II. APPLYING TECHNOLOGY-MEDIATED TASKS \7. Task Design for a Virtual Learning Environment in a Distance Language Course Regine Hampel \8. Teacher Development, TBLT and Technology Thomas Raith and Volker Hegelheimer \9. Edubba: Real-world Writing Tasks in a Virtual World Kenneth Reeder \10. The Enactment of Task Design in Telecollaboration 2.0Mirjam Hauck \11. Afterword: Future Directions for Technology-Mediated TasksGary Motteram and Michael Thomas \Index

Michael Thomas is Professor of Education and Social Justice and Chair of the Centre for Educational Research (CERES) at Liverpool John Moores University, UK. Hayo Reinders is Professor of Education and Head of Department at Unitec Institute of Technology, New Zealand, and TESOL Professor and Director of the doctoral program at Anaheim University, USA.

"Though task-based and technology-mediated language instruction are a natural match, no works before this edited collected have explained the relationship so clearly. Highly recommended for researchers and practitioners alike who are interested in how authentic interaction via digital media can improve second language learning."

• List of Abbreviations \ List of Figures and Tables \ List of Contributors \ Foreword Rod Ellis\ 1. Introduction Michael Thomas and Hayo Reinders \PART I. RESEARCH ON TASKS IN CALL \2. Research on the Use of Technology in Task-Based Language TeachingAndreas Müller-Hartmann and Marita Schocker-v. Ditfurth \3. Task-Based Language Teaching in Networked-Based CALL: An Analysis of Research on Learner Interaction in Synchronous CMCMark Peterson \4. Taking Intelligent CALL to TaskMatthias Schulze \5. Effects of Multimodality in Computer-Mediated Communication TasksGlenn Stockwell \6. Measuring Complexity in Task-Based Synchronous Computer-Mediated CommunicationKarina Collentine \PART II. APPLYING TECHNOLOGY-MEDIATED TASKS \7. Task Design for a Virtual Learning Environment in a Distance Language Course Regine Hampel \8. Teacher Development, TBLT and Technology Thomas Raith and Volker Hegelheimer \9. Edubba: Real-world Writing Tasks in a Virtual World Kenneth Reeder \10. The Enactment of Task Design in Telecollaboration 2.0Mirjam Hauck \11. Afterword: Future Directions for Technology-Mediated TasksGary Motteram and Michael Thomas \Index