Publication and proceedings

Publication in journals

The TBLT scientific Committee will make a selection of articles that will be published in two journals:

• ITL Review of Applied Linguistics - a special issue with articles focussing on TBLT
  
• LAQ Language Assessment Quarterly - a special issue with articles focussing on task based language assessment
  

Conference proceedings online

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Papers

• Learn Chinese through Producing Video Programs (MS Word)
  Dongdong Chen, Seton Hall University
  USA
  
  
• A Multi-Skill Strategy for Helping Students Communicate Numerical Information (MS Word)
  Teun De Rycker
  Lessius Hogeschool
  Belgium
  
  
• Enhancing automatisation through task-based language learning (Acrobat Reader)
  Isabelle De Ridder, Lieve Vangehuchten, Marta Seseña Gómez
  Universiteit Antwerpen
  Belgium
  
  
• Where am I supposed to sit? What am I supposed to do? Giving instructions when working with complex tasks: how to prepare teachers (MS Word)
  Ann De Schryver, Jes Leysen
  University of Antwerp
  Belgium
  
  
• Observation Tasks for Teachers in Training. The effect of task-based classroom observation on student teachers’ attitudes toward TBL generally (MS Word)
• Appendix A: Pre-/Post-test Survey (MS Word)
• Appendix B: Observation Task Form (MS Word)
Kirsten Duckett
Georgetown University/Sungkyunkwan University
USA


• Learning from text: Effects of language competence and topic familiarity (MS Word)
  Keiko Fukaya, St. Luke's College of Nursing; Yukie Horiba, Kanda University of International Studies
  Japan
  
  
• Evaluating the Effectiveness of Problem-based Learning Tasks (MS Word)
  Yasemin Kirkgöz
  çukurova university
  Turkey
  
  
• Grammar and TBL: an online course for teacher development (MS Word)
  Maria Elena Solares-Altamirano, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México
  México
  
  
• Re-examining Factors that Affect Task Difficulty in TBLA (MS Word)
  Shaoqian Sheila Luo and Peter Skehan
  the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin
  NT. Hong Kong
  
  
• Developing network-based language learning & teaching in Education and Teacher Training: The MICaLL Project (MS Word)
  Ton Koenraad
  Utrecht University of Professional Education, Faculty of Education
  The Netherlands
  
  
• Task Effects on the Acquisition of L2 Vocabulary (MS Word)
  Machteld Moonen, Rick de Graaff, Gerard Westhoff, Wilfried Admiraal
  IVLOS, Institute of Education, Utrecht University
  The Netherlands
  
  
• Grading Difficulties of Tasks by Analyzing the State of Speakers' Performance (MS Word)
  Naoki Takei
  Tokyo Institute of Technology
  Japan
  
  
• Using a Rubric to Evaluate Tasks Improves Student Performance (MS Word)
  Janet Tucker
  Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
  Israel
  
  
• Assessing academic literacy in a task-based approach (MS Word)
  A. Weideman
  Unit for Academic Literacy, University of Pretoria
  South Africa

Presentations

• Task effectiveness and the acquisition of L2 vocabulary (MS Powerpoint)
  Rick de Graaff, Machteld Moonen, Gerard Westhoff
  IVLOS, Institute of Education, Utrecht University
  The Netherlands
  
  
• A Case Study of Application of TBLT to Teacher Training (MS Powerpoint)
  Hiromasa Tanaka and Yoshifumi Fukada
  Meisei university, Tokyo
  Japan
  
  
• Teachers’ and Learners’ Perceptions of Tasks: Objectives and Outcomes (MS Powerpoint)
  J. Inözü, G. Ilin, H. Yumru
  Çukurova University
  Turkey
  
  
• Authentic tasks as a meaningful and relevant framework for teaching contemporary target culture (MS Powerpoint)
  Elvira Sanatullova-Allison, School of Education and Professional Studies, Potsdam, The State University of New York and Marat Sanatullov, Whichita State University
  USA
  
  
• Using instructional technologies in task-based language teaching (MS Powerpoint)
  Marat Sanatullov, Whichita State University and Elvira Sanatullova-Allison, School of Education and Professional Studies, Potsdam, The State University of New York
  USA
  
  
• symposium: Task complexity: three studies that aim to find empirical evidence for either Skehan's limited capacity model or Robinson's cognition hypothesis
  
  • Introduction (MS Powerpoint)
    Lies Sercu
    K.U. Leuven
    Belgium
    
  • Do input-processing directions make a difference? (MS Powerpoint)
    Lies Sercu & Lieve De Wachter
    K.U. Leuven
    Belgium
    
  • The relation between cognitive task complexity and linguistic performance in L2 writing (MS Powerpoint)
    Folkert Kuiken & Ineke Vedder
    ACLC, University of Amsterdam
    The Netherlands
    
  • Word relevance and task instruction. Do they make a difference for word retention? (MS Powerpoint)
    Elke Peters
    K.U. Leuven
    Belgium
    
  • Conclusions and discussion (MS Powerpoint)
    Lies Sercu
    K.U. Leuven
    Belgium
    
    
• From language proficiency situations to functional task-based tests (MS Powerpoint)
  Eva Teijsse and Lies Wijnants
  CNaVT (Certificate Dutch as a Foreign Language)
  Belgium/The Netherlands
  
  
• L2 Tasks and Focus on Form: A Role for Modality? (MS Powerpoint)
  Rebecca Adams
  Victoria University of Wellington
  New Zealand
  
  
• Promoting Learners' Language Production through Computer-Mediated Interactive Tasks (MS Powerpoint)
  Ali Al-Belushi
  Lancaster University
  United Kingdom
  
  
• TBLT in Dual Language Programs (MS Powerpoint)
  Maria Angelova
  Cleveland State University
  USA
  
  
• Teachters' beliefs and practices regarding tasks highlighting different aspects of multilingualism (MS Powerpoint)
  Martien Berben and Koen Van Gorp
  Centre for Language and Migration
  Belgium
  
  
• Developing classroom English for teachers from Japan using tasks (MS Powerpoint)
  Olenka Bilash
  University of Alberta
  Canada
  
  
• A route to academic literacy (MS Powerpoint)
  Nora Bogaert
  Centre for Language and Migration
  Belgium
  
  
• An alternative framework for Task-based Instruction: Core and Peripheral Tasks (MS Powerpoint)
  Mariko Boku
  Kinki University
  Japan
  
  
• SIMILI: collaborative and intercultural project inside a virtual learning community (MS Powerpoint)
  Catia Bossoni and Silvia Candrina
  Scuoli Secondaria Statale (S. Candrina), Maastricht University Language Center (C. Bossoni)
  Italy/The Netherlands
  
  
• Task-based assessment: integrating research and professional development (MS Powerpoint)
  Geoff Brindley and Stephen Ross
  Macquarie University (G. Brindley) and Kwansei Gakuin (S. Ross)
  Australia/ Japan
  
  
• '4ing': Motivating writing teaching (MS Powerpoint)
  Kris Buyse
  K.U.Leuven/Lessius Hogeschool
  Belgium
  
  
• Qualitative differences in teachers' enactment of task-based instruction (MS Powerpoint)
  Sui Ping Chan
  The Hong Kong Institute of Education
  China
  
  
• English Around EFL Elementary School Campus (MS Powerpoint)
  Grace Chin-Wen Chien
  Chung-Hu Elementary School
  Taiwan
  
  
• The development, implementation and redesigning of a task-based language curriculum for primary schools (MS Powerpoint)
  Marleen Colpin and Koen Van Gorp
  Centre for Language and Migration
  Belgium
  
  
• The development and use of an assessment tool for the evaluation of teacher practice in powerful task-based language learning environments (MS Powerpoint)
  Mieke Devlieger and Greet Goossens
  Centre for Language and Migration (K.U. Leuven)
  Belgium
  
  
• The Postmodern Language Teacher: The Future of Task-Based Learning (MS Powerpoint)
  + handout (MS Word)
  Andrew Finch
  Teachers' College, Kyungpook Nationals University
  Republic of Korea
  
  
• Timing on 'Focus on Form' in Task-Based Language Teaching (MS Word)
  Zubeyde Sinem Genc
  Uludag University
  Turkey
  
  
• The effects of increasing cognitive complexity on narrative oral production (MS Powerpoint)
  Roger Gilabert
  Universitat Ramon Llull
  Spain
  
  
• Task-based language assessment: A reflection on Intermediate Level Spanish (MS Powerpoint)
  Elena Gonzalez Soto, Joan Munné, Liliana Paredes
  Duke University
  USA
  
  
• Identifying parameters affecting language performance (MS Powerpoint)
  Sara Gysen (Centre for Language and Migration), Piet Van Avermaet (SICO) and Cyril Weir (Luton University)
  Belgium/United Kingdom
  
  
• Application of interactional tasks in Foreign Language pedagogy (MS Powerpoint)
  Junko Hondo (Lancaster University, UK), Junichi Saito (Kanagawa University, Japan), Mitoka Yamabe (Tsuda Women's College, Japan)
  United Kingdom/Japan
  
  
• Motivation & Involvement in learning English for Academic Purposes (MS Powerpoint)
  Zoe Kantaridou
  University of Macedonia
  Greece
  
  
• CNavT: Needs Analysis in Border Regions and the Development of Two New Certificate Profiles (MS Powerpoint)
  Öznur Karaca
  CNaVT
  Certificate Dutch as a Foreign Language/Centre for Language and Migration (K.U. Leuven)
  Belgium
  
  
• Investigating the characteristics of effective recasts in the ESL classroom (MS Powerpoint)
  Shawn Loewen
  University of Auckland
  New Zealand
  
  
• Conflicting demands in integrated reading / writing tasks (MS Powerpoint)
  Tom Lumley (Australian Council for Educational Research) and Annie Brown (University of Melbourne)
  Australia
  
  
• Re-examining Factors that Affect Task Difficulty in TBLA (MS Powerpoint)
  + appendixes (MS Word)
  Shaoqian Sheila Luo and Peter Skehan
  the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin
  NT. Hong Kong
  
  
• Developing an interlocutor instruction video for assessment of functional oral interaction (MS Powerpoint)
  Nele Maddens and Bregje van Oel
  CNaVT (Certificate Dutch as a Foreign Language)/ Centre for Language and Migration
  Belgium/The Netherlands
  
  
• Task tension: getting the level of difficulty right (MS Powerpoint)
  Steve Mann
  University of Birmingham
  United Kingdom
  
  
• Korean EFL Learner Tactics for Effective Interaction and Production Skills (MS Powerpoint)
  Douglas Margolis
  University of Hawaii at Manoa
  USA
  
  
• Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) as TBLT. The Brussels' Experience. (MS Powerpoint)
  Katrien Mondt and Piet Van de Craen
  Vrije Universiteit Brussel
  Belgium
  
  
• A critical look at task-based learning research methodologies (MS Powerpoint)
  Barry O'Sullivan
  Roehampton University
  United Kingdom
  
  
• Pre-task planning and attention to meaning: Debilitating of facilitative? (MS Powerpoint)
  Lourdes Ortega
  University of Hawaii at Manoa
  USA
  
  
• Non-proficient children using interactive tasks in pairs (MS Powerpoint)
  Annamaria Pinter
  University of Warwick
  United Kingdom
  
  
• Variation in Focus on Form: A Study of Four Learners (MS Word)
  Alex Poole
  Western Kentucky University
  USA
  
  
• Developing a test bank for task-based language assessment (MS Powerpoint)
  Shaline Roppe and Lucia Luyten
  CNaVT (Certificate Dutch as a Foreign Language)/Centre for Language and Migration (K.U. Leuven)
  Belgium
  
  
• On-line planning and focus-on-form in task-based learning (MS Powerpoint)
  Nitta Ryo
  Celte
  United Kingdom
  
  
• Problems of implementing a task-based pedagogy in EFL Contexts (MS Powerpoint)
  Farzad Salahshour
  Azad University of Maragheh
  Iran
  
  
• Modified Output During Task-based Pair Interaction and Group Interaction (MS Powerpoint)
  Ali Shehadeh
  King Saud University
  Saudi Arabia
  
  
• Designing a Speaking Task (MS Powerpoint)
  Jane Short
  University of Kent
  United Kingdom
  
  
• Grammar and TBL: an online course for teacher development (MS Powerpoint)
  Maria Elena Solares-Altamirano
  Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México
  México
  
  
• The role of the teacher in task-based language teaching (MS Powerpoint)
  Kris Van den Branden
  Centre for Language and Migration
  Belgium
  
  
• The relation between teacher input and the SLA of immigrant children aged 2,5 (MS Powerpoint)
  Machteld Verhelst
  Centre for Language and Migration
  Belgium
  
  
• Emergent literacy in a task-based perspective (MS Powerpoint)
  Lieve Verheyden
  Centre for Language and Migration
  Belgium
  
  
• Students' willingness to communicate in different classroom tasks (MS Powerpoint)
  Christopher Weaver
  Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
  Japan
  
  
• User-centered task selection and guidance (MS Powerpoint)
  Anne Vermeer and Rintse van der Werf
  Tilburg University
  The Netherlands
  
  
• Teachers' reinterpretations of a task-based thematic syllabus (MS Powerpoint)
  Rosely Perez Xavier
  Federal University of Santa Catarina
  Brasil
  
  
• Implementing TBLT in primary school ELT in Mainland China (MS Powerpoint)
  Yeufeng (Ellen) Zhang
  University of Hong Kong
  P.R. China
  
  

Poster-presentations

• The psychological effect of task-based language teaching on Iranian students in learning English as a foreign language (MS Word)
  Nabi-Olla Akbarnetaj
  I.A.U of Babol, Babol
  Iran
  
  
• From Reticence to Fluency (Acrobat reader)
  Reima Al-Jaraf
  King Saud University, Riyadh
  Saudi Arabia
  
  
• Task-based Instruction for Struggling EFL College Writers (Acrobat reader)
  Reima Al-Jaraf
  King Saud University, Riyadh
  Saudi Arabia
  
  
• TBLT and Less Commonly Taught Languages Curriculum Development (MS Powerpoint)
  Junko Hondo
  University of Pennsylvania, US / Lancaster University, UK
  
  
• Thinking in English: task support with graphics and varied processing (MS Word)
  Lawrie Hunter
  Kochi University of Technology
  Japan
  
  
• EU-Project: MICaLL. Moderating Intercultural Collaboration & Language Learning (MS Powerpoint)
  Ton Koenraad
  Utrecht University of Professional Education, Faculty of Education
  The Netherlands
  
  
• The Impact of Interrogative and Declarative Advance Organizers on Iranian EFL Learners’ Comprehension of ESP Reading Tasks (MS Word)
  Alhwern Rezaie (Iran University of Science and Technology) and Mehdi Hosseini (Azad University of Saave)
  Iran
  
  
• ESP Test Licensing Policies for Junior College Levels in Taiwan. A case study (MS Word)
  J.B Paul Tan (National Penghu Institute of Technology)
  Taiwan
  
  
• Task sequencing in academic writing (MS Powerpoint)
  P Gaye Tolunguc
  Middle East Technical University
  Turkey