What is Task-Based Learning and Teaching (TBLT)?

Rod Ellis (2003) defines TBLT as "[t]eaching that is based entirely on tasks [and that] makes use of a procedural syllabus," which "consist[s] of a graded set of tasks to be performed by learners" (348, 351). Tasks possess several characteristics. 


Advantages of TBLT


Consciousness-Raising Task

Academic Listening Task

Listen-and-Do Task

Jigsaw Task

Opinion-Gap Task

Pedagogic Task

Text Reconstruction Task

Reasoning-Gap Task

Target Task

Advanced Consciousness-Raising Task