Interview published In:
TASKVol. 4:1 (2024) ► pp.5–22
interview
Task design, needs analysis, and task sequencing
An interview with Aleksandra Malicka and Roger Gilabert
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.
Available under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) 4.0 license.
For any use beyond this license, please contact the publisher at [email protected].
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