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Broadening the Horizon of TBLT
Plenary addresses from the second decade of the International Conference on Task-Based Language Teaching
First launched in 2005, the biennial International Conferences on Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) have become an established event for a broad range of participants, and a key feature of the conferences has been the invited plenary (keynote) addresses. This edited volume brings together a selection of plenaries given at conferences between 2015 and 2023, and exemplifies the contributions being made by prominent and internationally recognised TBLT scholars on a variety of issues pertinent to TBLT theory and practice. The volume is framed around how the horizon of TBLT has broadened over the past decade, and how the plenaries presented during this past decade have helped to take our knowledge and understanding of TBLT further. This volume will be of interest to a wide range of stakeholders, including teachers, researchers and postgraduate students, who would like to gain an overview of key dimensions of the field in the last decade.
[Task-Based Language Teaching, 17] 2025. viii, 283 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 24 April 2025
Published online on 24 April 2025
© John Benjamins
Table of Contents
- Series editors’ preface | pp. vii–viii
- Section 1. Introduction
- Chapter 1. Broadening the horizon of task-based language teaching: Where has the most recent decade brought us?Martin East | pp. 2–19
- Section 2. Practical issues for task-based courses and curricula
- Chapter 2. Task design: A history of resilience and a space for innovationRoger Gilabert | pp. 22–40
- Chapter 3. How real is real? Can task-based language courses properly prepare students for reality?Kris Van den Branden | pp. 41–59
- Chapter 4. The coursebook in TBLT: Lost cause or launching pad?Jonathan Newton | pp. 60–79
- Section 3. Task implementation in distinct instructional contexts
- Chapter 5. Task-based language learning among children in an EFL context: Research and challengesMaría del Pilar García Mayo | pp. 82–100
- Chapter 6. “It takes a village”: Developing and maintaining sustainable TBLT curriculaYouJin Kim | pp. 101–122
- Section 4. Task-based language assessment
- Chapter 7. Aligning classroom tasks with can‑do descriptors helps TBLT programs be chock‑full of proficiency indicatorsPaula Winke | pp. 124–146
- Chapter 8. From CAF to CAFFA: Measuring linguistic performance and functional adequacy in task-based language teachingFolkert Kuiken and Ineke Vedder | pp. 147–161
- Section 5. Theories informing task-based language teaching
- Chapter 9. Reflecting on task-based language teaching from an Instructed SLA perspectiveNina Spada | pp. 164–182
- Chapter 10. How a processability perspective frames the potential of tasks in instructed second language acquisitionAnke Lenzing | pp. 183–211
- Chapter 11. Exploring task-based cognitive processes: Methodological advances and challengesAndrea Révész | pp. 212–233
- Section 6. Ethnographic studies into TBLT as researched pedagogy
- Chapter 12. Tasks for diverse learners in diverse contexts: A case study of Australian Aboriginal vocational studentsRhonda Oliver | pp. 236–254
- Chapter 13. The teacher variable in TBLT: Broadening the horizon through teacher education and supportMartin East | pp. 255–272
- List of contributors | pp. 273–276
- Index | pp. 277–283