Swain (1985, 1995) states that output can play a major role in SLA. Teachers of Englishgenerally concur with Swain; however, they remain unconvinced unless they are shown inmore concrete terms how they can incorporate production training into their classroompedagogy. This paper, which is a transcribed version of a talk given by this author at ameeting of the Tokyo Association of Teachers of Junior and Senior High Schools on thisparticular subject, proposes two such task-based teaching methods: Dictogloss and Text Reconstruction (aka, Oral Reconstruction of a Full Text from a Text Skelton). These methods have been proven effective in the context of Interpreter Training in which this author has been involved for more than 20 years. Although whether these methods are also effective for less proficient learners remains to be seen, they will nevertheless provide useful hints for teachers of English trying to put Swain’s theory into practice
