NEW: Powerpoint of Jane's presentation IATEFL 2013: From Grammar Point to Task-based Lesson

 

The aim of this site is to help those already involved in task-based learning and teaching (TBLT) to extend their knowledge and skills. and to introduce as many new people as possible to TBL.

 

We have both been working in the TESOL field for over forty years, both TEFL and TESL. For most of that time we have been working on task-based approaches. If you want to know more about those forty years click here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On the site you will find links to some of our publications – both books and articles. There are also links to our most recent conference presentations. But the best way to learn about TBLT is to do it. So we have included a number of lesson plans with a commentary on each one. We hope that as many teachers as possible will be able to download these and try them out in the classroom. We have also included links to other sites which take a look at TBLT.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finally we have a description of the courses and consultancy services we can offer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We hope to develop the site in a number of ways. We will update the publications and conference presentations and gradually add more downloadable lessons. If you have any further suggestions please contact us.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LATEST

 

DOGUS UNIVERSITY, ISTANBUL,  November 2011: Download:

Dave's Powerpoint: Conversational English: Teaching Spontaneity

Commentary on the Powerpoint document.

IATEFL 2011: Download the handout for Jane's IATEFL presentation: The truth about Task-based learning: Myth and Reality

JALT: Download LESSON PLAN for a detailed lesson plan associated with our article, Task-based Learning and learner Motivation in the first issue of On Task, the journal of the Japanese Association of language Teachers task-based learning SIG

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RECENT

Here are some of the questions discussed in Dave's presentation at IATEFL 2010:

WHAT DO WE MEAN BY ‘GRAMMAR?

 

• My students know the grammar but they can’t use it.
• By the age of five children know most of the grammar of their mother tongue.
• You can’t speak a language unless you know the grammar.

• What does grammar mean in 1?
• What does it mean to say that children ‘know’ the grammar?
• Can you think of two quite different things the word grammar might mean in 3?
• Do you think 3 is true or false?

(Click here if you want to read more)

RECENT

Jane's presentation at the Language Show, Olympia, London on 31 October: Great Results with Task-based Language Teaching - go to CONFERENCES

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Downloads of our presentations at TESOL Arabia 2009 and IATEFL UK 2009 are available if you go to CONFERENCES

For a description of Jane's latest book ENGLISH THROUGH MUSIC go to BOOKS AND ARTICLES.

Dave's book Rules, Patterns and Words is currently book of the month on the CUP website, and is on offer at a 25% reduction. Click here for a link.

 

          If you want to be updated on developments on this site please email us at

                                                        dave@willis-elt.co.uk.