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Volume 4, Issue 1
  • ISSN 2666-1748
  • E-ISSN: 2666-1756

Abstract

Abstract

In this interview, Kris Van den Branden (TASK Co-Editor) and Matt Coss (TASK Editorial Assistant) invited international experts Dr. Roger Gilabert and Dr. Aleksandra Malicka to discuss their scholarship and recent thinking on areas of TBLT including needs analysis, syllabus design, task sequencing, and task design.

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