Task Based Language Teaching and Learning

Like many teachers I was faced with a wall of worry when delving into the mysterious world of phonics. Among the many questions I asked myself was what was this seemingly miraculous method, how could it be taught, what were lessons like and how could I teach this to second language learners when all the [...]

Although TBLT is a wonderful approach to second language acquisition there are times when students need to focus on forms to better get an understanding of a language area or skill. One such time I think is learning to read in another language. English is notorious for being hard to read as there are 26 [...]