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TBL SIG Forum #1610

Sat, May 15, 18:00-19:00 JST | Zoom 5
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The TBL SIG forum follows directly after the TBL SIG Sponsored Plenary Talk ‘TBLT: but what about the grammar?’ by Jane Willis. The plan for this forum is to continue the discussion of issues raised in Jane’s talk, and to expand on some of the activities that Jane introduces. Participants will have the opportunity not only to ask any questions they might have, but to share examples from their own teaching contexts regarding the place of grammar in the TBLT classroom.

Justin Harris

Justin Harris

Kindai University
Paul Leeming

Paul Leeming

Kindai University
Jane Willis

Jane Willis

I began my career teaching English and French in Ghana, West Africa (where I met my husband, Dave!) and together, we went on to teach in Cyprus, Iran and Singapore, where we met Prabhu for the first time. It was Prabbu who got us interested in task-based learning because he and his experimental team never 'taught' any grammar at all but his learners did become pretty fluent English speakers. While Dave and I were experimenting with TBL in the 1970s we were asked by the COBUILD team to write a set of text books based on a lexical syllabus - an exciting project. Back in the UK we worked at Universities in Birmingham, ran workshops on task-based language teaching and wrote several books for teachers. I am now semi- retired and living in the Lake District near my family, teaching Tai Chi and walking in the mountains. More details (and TBL resources) on my website: www.willis-elt.co.uk