Meaning-first approaches: the task (TBLT) or the conversation (Dogme) drives the lesson, and form is attended to as it arises.
Where the sources disagree
- Thornbury: same philosophy, different methodology. TBLT has research without practice; Dogme the reverse.
- Conti is a counter-position: structured, pre-selected input and production before spontaneity.
Notes
- Dogme and TBLT share a philosophy, not a methodology
- Dogme ELT - materials-light, conversation-driven teaching
- Focus on form vs focus on formS
- MARS-EARS - the EPI instructional sequence
More notes (by source)
Barefoot TEFL Teacher (David Weller)
- TBL, TBLT and TSLT - use the right label
- Why pairwork fails - fix the task, not the students
Cambridge World of Better Learning - Flipped learning works when teachers mediate unprepared students
ELT-CATION (Svetlana Kandybovich) - Repetition without boredom - vary one task parameter at a time
Fluency First ELT (Anderson & McCutcheon) - Online task bank for teenagers
- The task cycle - pre-task, task, language focus, repeat
Geoff Jordan (applingtesol) - Long’s TBLT as the alternative to coursebook PPP
Hana Tichá (How I see it now) - Information-gap design - convert any exercise into a two-way task
Hugh Dellar - Ambient language - exploit coursebook exercises beyond the targets
Jamie Clayton - Recycle emergent language - board photos and upgraded learner texts
Jane-Maria Harding da Rosa (TEYL) - Project-based learning needs language input at every stage
Ljiljana Havran - Needs-analysed TBLT lesson - in-flight problems in ATC English
My ELT Rambles (Joanna Malefaki) - A chat becomes a lesson when aim, captured language and reflection are present
Sam Shepherd (ESOL, Learning, and FE) - Emergent-language teaching works with beginners if planned
Steve Smith (Language Teacher Toolkit) - Nation’s Four Strands - balance input, output, language focus and fluency
- Rod Ellis’s eight principles of task-based teaching
The TEFL Zone (Rachel Tsateri) - Headlines - a low-prep news lesson built from students’ own texts
Key terms (DELTA M1)
task (Ellis’s 4 criteria) · task-based vs task-supported LT · dual focus · task-as-workplan vs task-in-process (Breen) · pre-task / task cycle / language focus (Willis) · task repetition (Bygate) · Dogme · emergent language · process syllabus