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Theory, empiricism and practice: Commentary on TBLT in ARAL 2016

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2017

Martin Bygate ,
Susan M. Gass ,
Alison Mackey ,
Rhonda Oliver  and
Peter Robinson
Martin Bygate
Affiliation:
Lancaster University
Susan M. Gass
Affiliation:
Michigan State University
Alison Mackey
Affiliation:
Georgetown University
Rhonda Oliver
Affiliation:
Curtin University
Peter Robinson
Affiliation:
Aoyama Gakuin University
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Abstract

This commentary includes consideration of theory, opinion, empirical work, evaluative work and practice in a subset of papers that appeared in ARAL (2016) on task-based language teaching. Addressing the wider logic, theoretical underpinnings and instructional implications of TBLT is a serious applied linguistics challenge and one that the TBLT area is increasingly in a position to engage with in the search for evidence-based solutions to problems in designing, implementing and assessing the effects of TBLT. The contributors take a sometimes approving, occasionally critical and always forward looking perspective on the contributions of ARAL 2016 and the directions and challenges facing the field.

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Annual Review of Applied Linguistics , First View , pp. 1 - 9
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