A Framework for Task-Based Learning and Teaching: Revised Edition

by Jane Willis, Paul Leeming, Justin Harris

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781836681359
Publisher:	Channel View Publications
Publication date:	05/12/2026
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	6.85(w) x 9.65(h) x 0.00(d)

About the Author

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 Universityand also teaches in the TESOL Master’s program at Temple University, Japan. He has 25 years of teaching experience in Japan. He is active in the TBLT community as one of the founding members and the current program chair of the JALT TBL SIG. He is also co-author of three textbook series based on a task-based learning framework.

Justin Harris is a professor at Kindai Universityin 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. He is the co-founder of the JALT TBL Special Interest Group and conference chair for the biennial TBLT in Asia conference. He has also co-authored several coursebook series which follow a TBLT approach.

Table of Contents

Introduction  

PART A: STARTING POINTS

Chapter 1. Language Learning: Creating the Best Environment 

Chapter 2. Aspects of Tasks 

PART B: TASK-BASED LEARNING

Chapter 3. The TBL Framework: Overview and Pre-Task Phase

Chapter 4. The TBL Framework: The Task Cycle 

Chapter 5. Tasks Based on Text 

Chapter 6. Exposure to Spontaneous Speech Using Recordings

Chapter 7. The TBL Framework: Language Focus 

PART C: IMPLEMENTING TASK-BASED LEARNING

Chapter 8. TBL for Beginners and Young Learners 

Chapter 9. Adopting TBL: Some Practical Issues