Kris Van den Branden
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View article: Seeking synergy between research and practice in TBLT
Seeking synergy between research and practice in TBLT Open
This interview with Marije Michel, Professor of Second Language Acquisition at the University of Groningen, explores key developments and challenges in Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT). Drawing on her extensive experience in both resear…
View article: How real is real?
How real is real? Open
This chapter addresses the link between activity in the task-based classroom and target language use outside the classroom. It starts from the observation that needs analyses, constituting an essential part of task-based curriculum design,…
View article: Developing and Validating a Video-Based Measurement Instrument for Assessing Teachers’ Professional Vision of Language-Stimulation Interactions in the ECE Classroom
Developing and Validating a Video-Based Measurement Instrument for Assessing Teachers’ Professional Vision of Language-Stimulation Interactions in the ECE Classroom Open
This study reports on the development and validation of a video-based instrument to assess early childhood education (ECE) teachers’ professional vision (PV) of language-stimulation (LS) interactions. PV refers to noticing and reasoning ab…
View article: Talking it through with teachers
Talking it through with teachers Open
This interview with Jonathan Newton explores key issues in task-based language teaching (TBLT), focusing on the relationship between TBLT and textbooks, and the potential for TBLT teacher development building on existing practices and mate…
View article: Task design, needs analysis, and task sequencing
Task design, needs analysis, and task sequencing Open
In this interview, Kris Van den Branden (TASK Co-Editor) and Matt Coss (TASK Editorial Assistant) invited international experts Dr. Roger Gilabert and Dr. Aleksandra Malicka to discuss their scholarship and recent thinking on areas of TBLT…
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View article: Spreading the word
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View article: The acquisition of L2 Hungariangrammar rules and the implicit-explicit debate
The acquisition of L2 Hungariangrammar rules and the implicit-explicit debate Open
This study contributes to the explicit implicit debate by investigating to which extent adult learners of Hungarian develop knowledge of new grammar rules, and the proficiency to use them, through listening activities complemented with exp…
View article: Introducing TASK
Introducing TASK Open
In this article, the editors introduce the first issue of the journal. They describe the history that led to the birth of the journal, the main aims of the journal and the types of articles it will contain, and finally describe the content…
View article: Implementing task-based language education in primary education
Implementing task-based language education in primary education Open
This article provides a critical analysis of the language policy measures that were taken by the Flemish government (Belgium) to improve the quality of the teaching of the national language (Dutch) in compulsory education in Flanders and i…
View article: Examining focused L2 practice: From in vitro to in vivo
Examining focused L2 practice: From in vitro to in vivo Open
Behaviour-tracking technology has been used for decades in SLA research on focused practice with an eye toward elucidating the nature of L2 automatization (e.g. DeKeyser, 1997; Robinson, 1997). This involves longitudinally capturing learne…
View article: The Role of Teachers in Task-Based Language Education
The Role of Teachers in Task-Based Language Education Open
Both in the research literature on tasks and second language learning and in the pedagogical literature on task-based language teaching (TBLT), the role of the teacher has received scant attention. In this article, the role of the teacher …