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The emerging understandings and practices of task-based language teaching (TBLT) by Thai EFL student teachers [PDF]
Despite substantive empirical evidence for the efficacy of task-based language teaching and learning (TBLT), research shows that the classroom implementation of TBLT has often met with mixed success, especially in Asian EFL contexts (Adams & Newton, 2009;
Jaruteerapan, Paweena +1 more
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Abstract Despite growing interest in task engagement, few studies have examined how it contributes to L2 development. This longitudinal study examined how task engagement related to gains in L2 Japanese comprehensibility among nine UK‐based university students participating in a semester‐long, video‐mediated eTandem exchange with Japanese partners ...
Yuka Akiyama +3 more
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Abstract This study investigates the pedagogical impact of integrating cognitive linguistics (CL) into concept‐based language instruction (C‐BLI) for teaching English modal verbs. Eighty‐nine Mandarin‐speaking university learners were assigned to one of three instructional conditions: C‐BLI with CL‐based conceptualizations (C‐BLI‐CL), C‐BLI with non‐CL
Helen Zhao, James P. Lantolf
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TBLT in Asia: Constraints and Opportunities [PDF]
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Jonathan Newton, R Adams
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Making all repertoires count: Re‐envisioning TBLT through critical multilingual language awareness
Abstract As calls intensify for language education to provide authentic exposure to linguistic and cultural diversity—an essential condition for preparing learners to navigate an interconnected world—concerns about the declining status of additional language study reveal an important challenge.
Koen Van Gorp
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ABSTRACT In task‐based language learning, learners have to deal with the challenge of moving the task and the talk concurrently forward. In doing so, they develop sets of task‐relevant, interactional, and multimodal resources. In this study we use multimodal longitudinal conversation analysis to investigate one learner's L2 interactional competence ...
Carmen Konzett‐Firth, Ufuk Balaman
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ABSTRACT Most research into the relationships of linguistic complexity and accuracy to functional adequacy has focused on either spoken or written mode. The current study extended previous studies by investigating these associations across both modalities and how the nature of these relationships was influenced by learners’ L2 proficiency and task type.
Xiaojun Lu, Yui Suzukida
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FUTURE PERSPECTIVES OF TBLT IMPLEMENTATION
The article presents considerations on the appropriate implementation of task-based approach in foreign language teaching process. The research touches upon such subtopics as the role of TBA in FLT, benefits pushed forward by TBA application, suggestions for teachers to enable them successfully implement TBA.
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The Role of Teachers and Learners in TBLT
This paper deals with the implementation of TBLT in the classroom. This research discussed the role of teachers and learners in TBLT to improve their ability. The problem statement in this research is how the writing abilities of the students before and after giving Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) work among the students with different phases of ...
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ABSTRACT Peer collaboration is an essential part of learning in mixed‐age (M‐A) classrooms, and the same applies to writing and learning grammar in the secondary school curriculum. Although a growing body of research has shown language learning benefits of collaborative writing (CW), only very few have been conducted with secondary school students ...
Tomáš Kos, Friedrich Zoe Lara
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