A Framework for Task-Based Learning and Teaching

Timely and important revised edition of a significant, influential classic text which is still peerless in the field.

This new edition builds on Jane Willis’s classic textbook to reflect the changing needs and priorities of language teachers in today’s classrooms. The book has been revised and expanded to reflect the widespread use of technology and the internet in language classrooms, as well as recent debates and developments in research on language learning.

The book maintains the practical focus that has made the first edition of the book the leading resource on implementing Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) for over 30 years. Readers will find practical examples of task-based sequences and form focus activities for all levels, including beginners, that can be used in their own classrooms. It gives an integrated picture of TBLT that addresses the reasons for using this increasingly popular pedagogy, as well as addressing and suggesting solutions for potential difficulties.

Jane Willis is the author of several prize-winning books including A Framework for Task-based Learning (Longman), Doing Task-based Language Teaching (OUP) and English for Primary Teachers (OUP).  In 2022 she received the inaugural Distinguished Practitioner Award from the International Association of Task-based Language Teaching.

Paul Leeming is a professor at Kindai University and an adjunct professor at Temple University in Japan. He has published widely in international journals on the subject of TBLT and also is co-author of three textbook series based on a task-based learning framework.

Justin Harris is a professor at Kindai University in Japan. He has been teaching with a TBLT approach for over 20 years in a variety of contexts and has conducted in-service teacher training on TBLT. Along with Paul, he is the co-founder of the TBL Special Interest Group and organizer of the TBLT in Asia conference that is run biannually.