Vera Trager

List of John Benjamins publications in which Vera Trager is involved.

Journal

TASK

Journal on Task-Based Language Teaching and Learning

Edited by Kris Van den Branden and Koen Van Gorp

ISSN 2666-1748 | E‑ISSN 2666‑1756

Articles

Gilabert, Roger, Joan Castellví, Elisabet Comelles, Vera Trager, Gina Arnold, Aleksandra Malicka, Kerry Brennan and Natasha Moskvina 2025 A qualitative and quantitative preliminary analysis of a task design web-based tool and its applications for teacher education Teacher Education for Task-Based Language Teaching, Gutiérrez, Xavier, Lara Bryfonski and Greg Ogilvie (eds.), pp. 285–315 | Article

Task-based language teaching (TBLT) has been consolidated as a research-based teaching perspective over the last four decades. At its core, task and materials design have been identified as key to successful task-based implementation (Bryfonski, forthcoming). Yet teachers are often left to their… read more

Trager, Vera and Roger Gilabert 2024 A task-based needs analysis of primary school-aged children with migrant or refugee backgrounds in Austria TASK 4:2, pp. 202–240 | Article

In this study, we report on a task-based needs analysis (TBNA) for primary school-aged newcomers to Austria. 31% of Austria’s primary school students learn German as L2 and thus a systematic analysis of their language learning needs is crucial. Semi-structured interviews were conducted and a… read more