This book introduces readers to the concept of task-based language teaching (TBLT), a learner-centred and experiential approach to language teaching and learning.

This book is available Open Access.

Martin East is Professor of Language Education in the School of Cultures, Languages and Linguistics at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.

Acknowledgments

Preface

Part I: Theorising TBLT

Chapter 1 - Languages: How are they learned and how should they be taught?

Chapter 2 - Input, output and interaction - crucial foundations for TBLT

Chapter 3 - The construct of task for the purposes of TBLT

Part II: Practising TBLT

Chapter 4 - Putting TBLT into practice: the bigger picture

Chapter 5 - Evaluating, sequencing and scaffolding tasks

Chapter 6 - Attending to grammar in TBLT

Part III: Evaluating TBLT

Chapter 7 - Using tasks for classroom assessment purposes

Chapter 8 - Classroom- and programme-level evaluations of TBLT

Chapter 9 - The potential and the challenge of TBLT: Arguments for and arguments against

Postface