Lara Bryfonski

List of John Benjamins publications in which Lara Bryfonski 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

Title

Teacher Education for Task-Based Language Teaching

Edited by Xavier Gutiérrez, Lara Bryfonski and Greg Ogilvie

Special issue of TASK 5:2 (2025) vi, 216 pp.

Bryfonski, Lara, Caitlyn Pineault and Akiko Fujii 2025 Examining teachers’ evaluations of task characteristics: Lessons from two teacher education contexts Teacher Education for Task-Based Language Teaching, Gutiérrez, Xavier, Lara Bryfonski and Greg Ogilvie (eds.), pp. 203–227 | Article

Though teachers have been shown to be widely influential in effective task-based initiatives (e.g., Van den Branden, 2016), research on teachers and task-based language teaching (TBLT) has primarily explored how teachers develop or adapt tasks for use in their own contexts during professional… read more

Gutiérrez, Xavier, Lara Bryfonski and Greg Ogilvie 2025 Bridging the research-practice gap in task‑based language teaching: The role of teacher education Teacher Education for Task-Based Language Teaching, Gutiérrez, Xavier, Lara Bryfonski and Greg Ogilvie (eds.), pp. 159–176 | Article

The gap between research and practice has been a long-standing concern in the second language acquisition field and in task-based language teaching (TBLT) specifically. We begin this article with a brief overview of the trajectory of TBLT-related research, highlighting the increased focus on… read more

Gurzynski-Weiss, Laura, Lara Bryfonski and Derek Reagan 2024 Chapter 11. Teacher IDs and task adaptations: Making use of the TBLT Language Learning Task Bank Individual Differences and Task-Based Language Teaching, Li, Shaofeng (ed.), pp. 313–343 | Chapter

This multi-site study explores how 18 graduate-level L2 teacher participants adapted tasks from the TBLT Language Learning Task Bank for specific learner needs and teaching contexts, and if their individual differences (IDs) influenced their adaptations. Participants first completed a… read more

Bryfonski, Lara 2023 Is seeing believing? The role of ultrasound tongue imaging and oral corrective feedback in L2 pronunciation development Journal of Second Language Pronunciation 9:1, pp. 103–129 | Article

This study compares the effects of visual and oral corrective feedback (CF) on L2 pronunciation development. While many studies have investigated the effects of oral CF for various types of L2 learner productions (Li, 2010; Mackey & Goo, 2007), research in visual biofeedback is still developing… read more