Taking a task-based approach and combining theory and practice, this book discusses the principles of the design and implementation of classroom activities for task-based teaching and explores feasible assessment items and criteria, providing Chinese language teachers with a successful model and platform for professional task-based classroom teaching. With plenty of lively cases of teaching activities and assessment examples of CFL(Chinese as a foreign language) learning, the book is of great guiding and demonstrative value for the application of pedagogical theories. It is a good reference for CFL teachers. This book is intended to be user-friendly and ready for immediate use. It is compatible with whatever textbook or whichever set of instructional materials you are using in your local classrooms. For those who lack time to create tasks and rubrics on their own, this book emerges as a useful and practical teaching resource guide.

Inaugural Director, Institute of World Languages, University of Virginia
Professor of Chinese, University of Virginia
Director, Virginia STARTALK Chinese Teacher/Student Academy
Consultant, AP Chinese
Curriculum Advisor/Senior Reviewer, AP Chinese Course Audit
Founder/President, Chinese Language Teachers Association of Virginia