In:Broadening the Horizon of TBLT: Plenary addresses from the second decade of the International Conference on Task-Based Language Teaching
Edited by Martin East
[Task-Based Language Teaching 17] 2025
► pp. v–vi
Published online: 24 April 2025
https://doi.org/10.1075/tblt.17.toc
https://doi.org/10.1075/tblt.17.toc
Table of contents
Series editors’ prefaceVII
Section 1.Introduction
Chapter 1.Broadening the horizon of task-based language teaching: Where has the most recent decade brought us?2
Martin East
Section 2.Practical issues for task-based courses and curricula
Chapter 2.Task design: A history of resilience and a space for innovation22
Roger Gilabert
Chapter 3.How real is real? Can task-based language courses properly prepare students for reality?41
Kris Van den Branden
Chapter 4.The coursebook in TBLT: Lost cause or launching pad?60
Jonathan Newton
Section 3.Task implementation in distinct instructional contexts
Chapter 5.Task-based language learning among children in an EFL context: Research and challenges82
María del Pilar García Mayo
Chapter 6.“It takes a village”: Developing and maintaining sustainable TBLT curricula101
YouJin Kim
Section 4.Task-based language assessment
Chapter 7.Aligning classroom tasks with can-do descriptors helps TBLT programs be chock-full of proficiency indicators124
Paula Winke
Chapter 8.From CAF to CAFFA: Measuring linguistic performance and functional adequacy in task-based language teaching147
Folkert Kuiken
Ineke Vedder
Section 5.Theories informing task-based language teaching
Chapter 9.Reflecting on task-based language teaching from an Instructed SLA perspective164
Nina Spada
Chapter 10.How a processability perspective frames the potential of tasks in instructed second language acquisition183
Anke Lenzing
Chapter 11.Exploring task-based cognitive processes: Methodological advances and challenges212
Andrea Révész
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 students236
Rhonda Oliver
Chapter 13.The teacher variable in TBLT: Broadening the horizon through teacher education and support255
Martin East
List of contributors273
Index
