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Direct linkEast, Martin – Language Learning Journal, 2015
A decade ago, Klapper (2003: "Taking communication to task? A critical review of recent trends in language teaching", "The Language Learning Journal" 27: 33-42) created the opportunity to reflect on the assets and limitations of task-based language teaching (TBLT) in comparison with more established communicative language…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Educational Trends, Task Analysis
East, Martin – Language Learning Journal, 2014
Task-based language teaching (TBLT) is an innovative learner-centred and experiential approach to modern foreign language (MFL) teaching and learning that is not without controversy in the secondary MFL classroom. This article considers one secondary-level initial teacher education programme in New Zealand in which, following school curriculum…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Foreign Countries, Teacher Education Programs, Secondary School Teachers
East, Martin – Language Learning Journal, 2006
The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority's (QCA) radical decision to allow bilingual dictionaries in GCSE modern languages examinations from 1998 was subsequently reversed, and by 2003 dictionaries were no longer allowed in any public examinations at any level. The removal of dictionaries appeared to be based on one study that concluded that…
Descriptors: Writing Tests, National Competency Tests, Tests, Dictionaries
