ABOUT THE BOOKAn indispensable guide on how to prepare activities for use in the language classroom. Using the experience of teachers and task designers, it gives detailed information on the procedures which designers follow and will therefore be essential reading for all those who want to learn to write good language teaching materials.CONTENTSAcknowledgementsWhy Study Task DesignSome Studies in ExpertiseStudying Task Designers at WorkA Look at Two DesignersDesigning Language Teaching Tasks: BeginningsDesigning Language Teaching Tasks: Middles and EndsThe Good Task Designer: Some HypothesesEvaluating and Teaching Task DesignAppendicesReferencesIndexABOUT THE AUTHORKEITH JOHNSON is Professor of Linguistics and Language Education atLancaster University. His recent publications include *An Introduction to Foreign Language Learning and Teaching* (2001), *EncyclopedicDictionary of Applied Linguistics*(1998), and *Language Teaching andSkill Learning* (1996). He is the founding editor of the journal*Language Teaching Research*.