Opening plenary
Task-based language education: From theory to
practice...and back again [PowerPoint]
Kris Van den Branden
Point-counterpoint plenary: Peter Robinson
and Peter Skehan
Rethinking-for-speaking and L2 task demands:
The Cognition Hypothesis, task classification, and sequencing [PowerPoint]
Peter Robinson
Tradeoff and Cognition: Two hypotheses regarding
attention during task-based performance [PowerPoint]
Peter Skehan
Closing plenary
Tasks, design, and the architecture of pedagogic
spaces [PowerPoint]
Virginia Samuda
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Paper sessions
Learning about global issues through task-based
activities [PowerPoint]
[Handout]
Melvin Andrade
Towards a version of task-based approaches suitable
for schooling [PowerPoint]
[Handout]
David Carless
Task complexity and output complexity: An exploratory
study [PowerPoint]
K. Philip Choong and Zhaohong Han
The concept of foreign language task, misconceptions
and benefits in implementing task-based instruction [Paper]
Marina Cobb and Natalie Lovick
Lexical and syntactic complexity in a task-based,
CMC environment [PowerPoint]
Joe Collentine and Karina Collentine
A rich linguistic meal: Task-based learning of
mother tongue [PowerPoint]
[Handout]
Bert deVos
Teaching task-based teaching: Appropriation through
imitation [PowerPoint]
Anne Feryok
Finnish language core curricula: Collaborative
R&D Project 2006 -2009 [PowerPoint]
Raili Hildén
Exploring task-based curriculum development in
a hybrid web-based conversational Chinese program [PowerPoint]
Yao Hill and Stephen Tschudi
Word usage of L2 learners in performing narrative
tasks: An analysis of task types and learner proficiencies [PowerPoint]
[Handout]
Hung-Tzu Huang
Investigating the empirical links between learning
uptake and language acquisition through task-based interaction [PowerPoint]
Wenchi Huang
A comprehensive model for speaking and oral interaction:
Theoretical and practical implications for the development of task-based
language assessment instruments [PowerPoint]
Kathelijne Jordens, Sara Gysen, and Nele Maddens
Needs analysis, a TBLT module, and reactions
[PowerPoint]
Myong Hee Ko
TBLT and technology: An attempt to incorporate
technology into a TBLT-style lesson [PowerPoint]
Momoyo Kubo Lowdermilk
An IPO task difficulty matrix for prototypical
tasks for task-based assessment [PowerPoint]
Sheila Shaoqian Luo
The interaction of task condition and task complexity
in the oral performance of Turkish and Moroccan learners of Dutch [PDF
document]
Marije Michel, Folkert Kuiken, and Ineke Vedder
Researching the effect of pre-teaching on task
performance [PowerPoint]
Theron Muller
Taking teacher education to task [PowerPoint]
Greg Ogilvie & Bill Dunn
Recasts, task complexity, and the acquisition
of the past progressive [PowerPoint]
Andrea Révész
Nonnative-nonnative negotiations on targeted
communicative pronunciations tasks [PowerPoint]
[Handouts]
[Sound Files I,
II,
III,
IV]
Laura Sicola
TBLT for teacher development: Implementing and
online course [PowerPoint]
María Elena Solares
Empowering EFL teachers to implement "expansive
learning" [PowerPoint]
Hiroko Suzuki and Peter J. Collins
Choice of task topic and task motivation [PowerPoint]
John Thurman
Teacher- and learner-led discourse as tools for
L2 grammatical development in task-based Spanish instruction [PowerPoint]
Paul Toth
The influence of strategic task based planning
on the fluency, accuracy and complexity of speech in two L2s [PowerPoint]
Siska Van Daele, Alex Housen, and Michel Pierrard
Language testing and culture [PowerPoint]
[Paper]
Bregje van Oel
TBLT in kindergarten: Finding a balance between
language acquisition in a child-centred approach and language teaching
in a teacher directed approach [PowerPoint]
Machteld Verhelst
Language tasks and exercises: How do teachers
perceive them? [PowerPoint]
Rosely Perez Xavier
Flash presentations
The following presentations from TBLT 2007 (along with handouts) can
be viewed (and heard!) at Frank Tuzi's web site (just login as a guest):
http://www.ituzi.net/course/view.php?id=3
Japanese university students' attitudes toward
task-based language teaching
Michael Hood, James Elwood, and Joseph Falout
Designing online reading & writing courses
& tasks to maximize L2 Learning
John Paul Loucky
Task-based language teaching vocabulary acquisition
Dianne Schmitt
Blended tasks: Face2face and online task
development
Frank Tuzi
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Colloquia sessions
Colloquium 1: Tasks and the Integrated Assessment
of Language and Content
Ecologically valid uses for assessment at the
nexus between language, content, and task
John Norris and Barry O'Sullivan [PowerPoint]
Assessing L2 writing performance: Reconsidering
writing prompts as genre-based tasks
Heidi Byrnes [PowerPoint]
Colloquium 2: Enhancing Critical Language Awareness
through Task-Based Teaching: Principles, Processes, and Practices
Helping learners think for themselves: A task-based
approach to teaching critical writing
Maria Luz Elena N. Canilao [PowerPoint]
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Poster sessions
Extended projects in the EFL classroom [PowerPoint]
Clay Bussinger
Task-based language teaching: Challenging emphases
[PDF document]
Pirjo Harjanne and Seppo Tella
MultiPod: A multi-linguistic word learning system
based on iPods [PowerPoint]
[Handout]
Kazunori Hasegawa, Satoko Amemiya, Keiichi Kaneko, Haruko Miyakoda,
Wataru Tsukahara
Another look at convergent and divergent tasks:
Evidence from synchronous computer-mediated communication [PDF
document] [Handout]
Daniel Jackson
Critical task-based needs analysis for empowering
adult immigrant learners [PDF
document]
Yukiko Watanabe and Adam Pang
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Commentaries
Thematic commentaries
for TBLT 2007
These short commentaries offer overviews of several
of the major thematic areas represented at the TBLT 2007 conference.
Written by teams of observers from the University of Hawaii, they highlight
some of the key empirical and practical dimensions of current TBLT work
as featured in many of the conference presentations, and they raise
critical insights for shaping future work in the field. [view
word file]
Commentaries:
Teacher
development and training in TBLT
Autumn Demaine, Yoko Kusumoto, Chitchon Pratontep
Task-Based
assessment: Valuable insights and a promising future
Larry Davis, Yoonah Seong
Curriculum
and TBLT
Nick Chudeau, Leon Potter
Attitudes
and perspectives on the implementation of TBLT
Elisa Chan, Jung Min Lee, Masaki Seo, Mi Yung Park
TBLT
and SLA: A deeper understanding
Dan Brown, John Davis, Jee Hyun Ma, Munehiko Miyata
Incorporating
technology into TBLT
Samantha Ng, Jason Sung
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