{"id":8989,"date":"2019-12-05T02:14:29","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T02:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/44.242.7.17\/community\/?post_type=course&p=8989"},"modified":"2023-04-04T02:10:55","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T02:10:55","slug":"task-based-language-teaching-instruction-assessment-and-course-design","status":"publish","type":"course","link":"https:\/\/itdi.pro\/community\/course\/task-based-language-teaching-instruction-assessment-and-course-design\/","title":{"rendered":"Task-Based Language Teaching: Instruction, Assessment, and Course Design"},"content":{"rendered":"

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TBLT is a popular and effective communicative approach that uses the “task” as its main unit of instruction and assessment. Tasks can be defined as pedagogical constructs that have meaningful, real-world-like outcomes; for example: Write a thank you letter, or Order a meal at a restaurant. Importantly, tasks are assessed primarily by whether these outcomes are adequately achieved.<\/p>\n

Over the past three decades, TBLT has come to inform the creation of language descriptor systems such as the Common European Framework, the Canadian Language Benchmarks, and the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines, and is increasingly an explicit feature of major tests such as the TOEFL and the IELTS. However, because the core principles of TBLT can sometimes appear to be at odds with more traditional approaches to language teaching, instructors and course designers have sometimes struggled to implement TBLT in the classroom or to create appropriate sequences of lessons.<\/p>\n

This course aims to clarify the definition of tasks, to outline the major principles of the approach, and to demonstrate how to select, sequence, and assess meaningful tasks by using authentic examples from the classroom. We will focus on the practical aspects of instruction, assessment, and syllabus design, and participants will leave with a clear and practical understanding of the approach.<\/p>\n

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Live sessions (registered participants only)<\/p>\n