International Conference on Task-based Language Teaching

　　

　　Event

　　Second International Conference on Task-based Language Teaching

　　Dates

　　September 20 to 22, 2007

　　Theme

　　Task-based Language Teaching (TBLT):Putting Principles to Work

　　Venue

　　University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, US

　　Plenary speakers

　　*Kris Van Den Branden, professor of linguistics, University of Leuven, Belgium

　　*Peter Robinson, professor of linguistics and second language acquisition, University of Aoyama Gakuin, Tokyo

　　*Peter Skehan, professor of applied linguistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China

　　*Virginia Samuda, professor of linguistics, Lancaster University, UK

　　Organizer

　　The International Consortium on Task-Based Language Teaching (ICTBLT)

　　Sponsors

　　*University of Hawaii at Manoa

　　*John Benjamins Publishing Company

　　Background information

　　TBLT is an educational framework for the theory and practice of teaching second or foreign languages. It is based on a wide range of ideas issuing from philosophy of education, theories of second language acquisition, empirical findings on effective instructional techniques, and the exigencies of language learning in contemporary society. Though there is broad interest in the potential value of TBLT to help worthwhile language teaching and learning, there is also considerable diversity in the theoretical scope, applied practice, and research that corresponds with TBLT. The ICTBLT is a group of scholars who share common interests in the TBLT domain.

　　For more relevant information, visit http://www.hawaii.edu/tblt2007/index.html.