Language Teaching· 2026Q1
Teaching additional languages to young learners through tasks
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Short summary
Task-based language teaching (TBLT) is increasingly studied for its potential to foster real-world communicative skills in additional language learners.
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Key points
- Task-based language teaching (TBLT) aims to enhance real-world communicative language use.
- Existing research predominantly focuses on adult learners.
- Studies examine how meaning-focused tasks affect learners' communicative abilities.
- Different task implementations are analyzed for varied outcomes.
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Abstract
Task-based language teaching (TBLT), an instructional approach for promoting real world communicative language use, has gained substantial attention among researchers and educators of additional languages, traditionally referred to as second languages (L2) and foreign languages (FL). Existing research on TBLT and tasks, predominantly conducted with adult learners, has primarily examined how meaning-focused tasks enhance (or do not enhance) learners’ communicative abilities in the target language and how different task implementations yield different outcomes (Ellis, 2017).
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