Prof. Lara Bryfonski, Ph.D. - Developing technology-mediated tasks: From TBLT theory to meaningful digital communication
02. Juni
10:15 - 11:45; room C40.255
Given the prevalence of technology in our day-to-day lives, and especially in the post-COVID world where digitally-mediated communication and language teaching have become even more prevalent (e.g., Kohnke & Moorhouse, 2022), there has been growing interest in the integration of technology with research-based teaching approaches like task-based language teaching (TBLT). With TBLT’s focus on learners’ real-world needs, many of which require the use of technology, it is critical for researchers and teachers to be able to develop tasks that successfully integrate technological elements. This workshop will explore the current state of the research on technology-mediated TBLT (TMTBLT) highlighting meta-analytic findings (Bryfonski et al., 2025) and challenges for language teachers and teacher educators. Participants will have the chance to create their own technology-integrated task for teaching or research purposes. They will do this by selecting an existing task to adapt from the TBLT Language Learning Task Bank (https://tblt.indiana.edu/index.html) and integrating a technology element. Using our adapted tasks, we will co-create a framework of best-practices for integrating technology into TBLT.