Task-Based Language Teaching and Learning (TBLT) is a communicative approach that positions authentic language tasks as the central unit of instruction. Originating from the communicative language ...

If the main goal of a language course is for learners to learn to use the target language more efficiently, fluently and correctly in authentic language use situations, then current scientific ...

There are two general locations upon the landscape of second language teaching and learning where individuals learn a second, foreign, or additional language. The first is in a socio-cultural context ...

This is a pre-conference workshop as part of the 2026 Dalhousie Conference on University Teaching and Learning. This pre‑conference session explores how linguistic and cultural diversity can serve as ...

Alex Rawlings was a language teacher's dream. He fell in love with languages when he was eight and learnt Greek, then German, then Dutch. Now, an undergraduate at Oxford, he is the UK's most ...

“Too complicated”, “too much lost time” or “I don’t have any control over what my pupils are doing there” – this is how some teachers spontaneously react to the idea of using task-based language ...