TBLT 2007 Schedule at a glance

All conference events will take place in the Imin International Conference Center on the University of Hawaii at Manoa Campus (aka Jefferson Hall). See "Transportation" for directions to the conference venue. The only exception will be the Friday evening social event hosted at the Waikiki Aquarium.

Thursday, September 20

2:30 - 4:30 pm: Registration

4:30 - 6:00 pm: Welcome and Plenary Session #1:
Kris Van den Branden, Task-based language education: from theory to practice... and back again.

6:00 - 8:00 pm: Opening Reception

Friday, September 21

8:00 - 8:30 am: Registration (ongoing throughout the day)

8:30 - 10:00 am: Concurrent Presentation Sessions

10:00 - 10:30 am: Coffee Break

10:30 - 11:30 am: Concurrent Presentation Sessions

11:30 - 1:00 pm: Lunch

1:00 - 2:30 pm: Concurrent Presentation Sessions

2:30 - 3:00 pm: Coffee Break

3:00 - 4:00 pm: Concurrent Presentation Sessions

4:00 - 4:30 pm: Break

4:30 - 6:00 pm: Plenary Session #2:

Peter Robinson, Rethinking-for-speaking and L2 task demands: The Cognition Hypothesis, task classification and sequencing
AND
Peter Skehan, Evidence and interpretation: Attentional limitations and the Cognition
Hypothesis in task-based performance

6:30 - 9:00 pm: TBLT 2007 Social at the Waikiki Aquarium (extra pay event)

Saturday, September 22

8:00 - 8:30 am: Registration & Poster Set-up (viewing available throughout the day)

8:30 - 10:00 am: Concurrent Presentation Sessions

10:00 - 10:30 am: Coffee Break

10:30 - 11:30 am: Concurrent Presentation Sessions

11:30 - 12:30 pm: Lunch

12:30 - 1:30 pm: Poster Viewing with Presenters on site

1:30 - 2:30 pm: Concurrent Presentation Sessions

2:30 - 3:00 pm: Coffee Break

3:00 - 4:00 pm: Concurrent Presentation Sessions

4:00 - 4:30 pm: Break

4:30 - 6:00 pm: Closing and Plenary Session #3:
Virginia Samuda, Tasks, design, and the architecture of pedagogic spaces