Jonathan Newton

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List of John Benjamins publications for which Jonathan Newton plays a role.

Journals

Australian Review of Applied Linguistics (ARAL)

ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics (ITL)

Language Teaching for Young Learners (LTYL)

Edited by Dingfang Shu, Rod Ellis and Jonathan Newton

ISSN 2589-2053 | E-ISSN 2589-207X

Edited by Kris Van den Branden and Koen Van Gorp

ISSN 2666-1748 | E-ISSN 2666-1756

Articles (7) | Order by:

Van Gorp, Koen, Kris Van den Branden, Jonathan Newton, Matthew D. Coss and Charlene Polio 2024 Talking it through with teachers: Jonathan Newton’s reflections on coursebooks, challenges, and opportunities for TBLT TASK 4:2, pp. 152–163 | Interview

This interview with Jonathan Newton explores key issues in task-based language teaching (TBLT), focusing on the relationship between TBLT and textbooks, and the potential for TBLT teacher development building on existing practices and materials. Newton challenges the wholesale rejection of… read more

Jing, Yixuan, Jonathan Newton and Zhiyuan Jing 2022 A case study of curriculum aspirations and classroom realities for TBLT in a remote rural secondary school in Northwestern China TASK 2:2, pp. 248–268 | Article

School children in China’s remote Northwestern region are generally from poor farming villages where English language education presents significant challenges, particularly since the implementation of China’s 2001 English curriculum innovation requiring tasked-based language teaching (TBLT).… read more

Bui, Trang Le Diem and Jonathan Newton 2021 PPP in action: Insights from primary EFL lessons in Vietnam Language Teaching for Young Learners 3:1, pp. 93–116 | Article

The presentation-practice-production (PPP) approach is used in primary schools in Vietnam to teach speaking skills. However, there is disagreement about the theoretical validity and practical efficacy of PPP (Ellis, 2018; Willis & Willis, 2007) and little research evidence for how teachers… read more

Newton, Jonathan and Bao Trang Thi Nguyen 2019 Task repetition and the public performance of speaking tasks in EFL classes at a Vietnamese high school Language Teaching for Young Learners 1:1, pp. 34–56 | Article

This study investigated the occurrence of language-related episodes (LREs) in interactive tasks performed by pairs of Vietnamese English Foreign Language (EFL) learners and the extent to which linguistic knowledge targeted in these LREs was transferred to subsequent public performance (PP) of… read more

Thi Nguyen, Bao Trang, Jonathan Newton and David Crabbe 2018 Chapter 2. Teacher transformation of textbook tasks in Vietnamese EFL high school classrooms TBLT as a Researched Pedagogy, Samuda, Virginia, Kris Van den Branden and Martin Bygate (eds.), pp. 51–70 | Chapter

The study reported in this chapter investigated how and why the EFL teachers in a Vietnamese high school diverged from the tasks set in the textbooks provided as part of a task-based curriculum. Over a two-and-a-half-month period, nine teachers (all Vietnamese nationals) were observed teaching a… read more

Newton, Jonathan 2015 Review of Kirkpatrick & Sussex (2012): English as an International Language in Asia: Implications for Language Education & Wee, Goh & Lim (2013): The Politics of English: South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Asia Pacific English World-Wide 36:3, pp. 356–369 | Review

Adams, Rebecca, Sara Amani, Jonathan Newton and Nik Aloesnita Nik Mohd Alwi 2014 Planning and production in computer-mediated communication (CMC) writing Task-Based Language Learning – Insights from and for L2 Writing, Byrnes, Heidi and Rosa M. Manchón (eds.), pp. 137–161 | Article

A growing body of research has documented the effect of pre-task and online planning on second language task-based production (e.g. Ellis 2005; Ortega 1999; Yuan & Ellis 2003). However, relatively little research has addressed the effects of planning time on written communication and none to date… read more