Call for Papers

The JALT TBL SIG is proud to sponsor the 6th “Task-Based Language Teaching in Asia” conference, to be held from June 5-7, 2026, at Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan. The conference will provide a space to facilitate discussion of issues related to task-based language teaching, particularly in Asian contexts, but is open to teachers and researchers from around the world.

You do not have to be a member of the TBL SIG or JALT to present. The conference is open to all.

We welcome presentation proposals discussing, but not limited to:

• Teachers and teacher training

• Use of technology for effective language learning

• Language learner interaction

• TBLT with young learners

• TBLT with large classes

• Use of the first language

• Assessing learners

• Input and output tasks

• Learners’ affective factors and TBLT

• Group dynamics in TBLT classrooms

• Materials design

• Planning a course

• TBLT and CLIL/EMI

• Future directions for TBLT

• Artificial Intelligence and TBLT

Presentations will be face-to face only. There will be no online element to this conference.

Format
Paper (25 minutes)
Poster (Sessions will run for an hour)
Workshops (40 minutes)

Please prepare a 300-word abstract and a 50-word short summary for the conference program.
Submissions should be made online using the following link:
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All submissions are due by 15th February, 2026. Submissions will be subject to blind peer review and results sent to authors by early March, 2026.