Twenty years
of task-based
language teaching.
Two decades of TBLT work — distilled from empirical research, pedagogical innovation, and first-hand experience as a classroom learner, teacher, and community builder. Skin in the game, every step.
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20 Years of TBLT Practice
Each role below grew out of and alongside the previous — not in sequence, but in layers. The Learner never disappears; it shapes everything that follows.
As a Learner
2006–2010
Real tasks with real audiences — study-abroad agency, TV production, travel writing. This is where task-based intuition was formed before the theory had a name.
As a Teacher
2010–ongoing
From student-run game shows in Vietnam to fully redesigned task-based Vietnamese courses at UH. Founded the Community English Club (2011), still running today.
As a Researcher
2016–ongoing
Doctoral research at UH Mānoa on metacognitive instruction and task-based interaction. Published in ITL, TESL Canada Journal, Innovation in LLT, and more.
As an Educator
2019–ongoing
Translating TBLT research into teacher practice. Courses at UH Mānoa, invited lectures at Columbia, Illinois, HPU, ULIS Hanoi, and more.
As a Designer
2021–ongoing
Research and teaching alone don't change practice. Open textbooks teachers can actually use, PLCs that outlast the grant, frameworks that translate theory into design. The Taskbook OER (Mellon Foundation) is used at universities across the US and internationally.
Resource Library
Publications, talks, courses, and projects — two levels of filtering.