TASK | Journal on Task-Based Language Teaching and Learning

Editors

Kris Van den Branden | KU Leuven | taskkuleuven.be

Koen Van Gorp | Michigan State University | KU Leuven | taskkuleuven.be

This journal is peer reviewed and indexed in: Dimensions ; Scopus

TASK is an international refereed journal dedicated to promoting and disseminating scholarship and research in the field of Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) and learning. The journal welcomes reports of empirical studies, ground-breaking theoretical articles, critical position papers and practioner papers on task-based language teaching and learning as it occurs both inside and outside the language classroom. The journal aims to bridge the gap between theory and praxis and support the development of TBLT as a researched pedagogy.

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ISSN: 2666-1748 | E-ISSN: 2666‑1756

https://doi.org/10.1075/task

5 February 2026

Teacher education, tasks, and the art of communifriction

Kris Van den Branden | TASK 5:2 (2025) pp. 345–359

Examining teachers’ evaluations of task characteristics: Lessons from two teacher education contexts

Lara Bryfonski, Caitlyn Pineault & Akiko Fujii | TASK 5:2 (2025) pp. 203–227

A qualitative and quantitative preliminary analysis of a task design web-based tool and its applications for teacher education

Roger Gilabert, Joan Castellví, Elisabet Comelles, Vera Trager, Gina Arnold, Aleksandra Malicka, Kerry Brennan & Natasha Moskvina | TASK 5:2 (2025) pp. 285–315

Teacher perspectives and student voices: Tasks and task design for less commonly taught language classrooms

Koen Van Gorp & Emily Heidrich Uebel | TASK 5:2 (2025) pp. 228–256

Open-access sites as catalysts for teacher education: Insights from the TBLT Task Bank

Laura Gurzynski-Weiss & Caitlyn Pineault | TASK 5:2 (2025) pp. 316–344

Bridging the research-practice gap in task‑based language teaching: The role of teacher education

Xavier Gutiérrez, Lara Bryfonski & Greg Ogilvie | TASK 5:2 (2025) pp. 159–176

What impact can a TBLT teacher education course have? A study of pre-service Spanish teachers

Xavier Gutiérrez, William Dunn, Leila Ranta & Greg Ogilvie | TASK 5:2 (2025) pp. 177–202

Validity argument for the use of summative task-based language assessment in a language teaching program for adult immigrants

Gabriel Michaud, Christophe Chénier, Romain Schmitt & Louis-David Bibeau | TASK 5:2 (2025) pp. 257–284

A conversation between task-based researchers, language teachers, and teacher trainers

Tineke Brunfaut, Judit Kormos, Wiktoria Allan, Salomé Villa Larenas & Laura Gurzynski-Weiss | TASK 5:2 (2025) pp. 360–374

8 August 2025

The development and reception of a digital task-based exam for young learners of Dutch as a Foreign Language

Anne G. H. van Asseldonk, Christine C. F. Troussart Van Bulck, Lies Strobbe & Goedele Vandommele | TASK 5:1 (2025) pp. 25–56

Describing and interpreting task performance using a register functional approach

William J. Crawford & Meixiu Zhang | TASK 5:1 (2025) pp. 115–143

Exploring pre-service teachers’ criteria for evaluating collaboratively designed online tasks

Katrin Schmiderer, Nicola Brocca, Elisa Guggenbichler & Carmen Konzett-Firth | TASK 5:1 (2025) pp. 57–87

What makes a task difficult? Pre-service teacher analysis of task difficulty

Parvaneh Tavakoli & Farahnaz Faez | TASK 5:1 (2025) p. 88

Seeking synergy between research and practice in TBLT: An interview with Marije Michel

Koen Van Gorp, Kris Van den Branden, Marije Michel & Matthew D. Coss | TASK 5:1 (2025) p. 4

A conversation between task-based researchers, language teachers, and teacher trainers

Tatiana Likhacheva, Megan Montee, Nicole Ziegler & Laura Gurzynski-Weiss | TASK 5:1 (2025) pp. 144–158

Preface

TASK 5:1 (2025) pp. 1–3

Issues

Online-first articles

Editorial info

Editors

Kris Van den Branden | KU Leuven | taskkuleuven.be

Koen Van Gorp | Michigan State University | KU Leuven | taskkuleuven.be

Special Section Editor

Laura Gurzynski-Weiss | Indiana University

Editorial Manager

Goedele Vandommele | KU Leuven

Editorial Board

Melissa Baralt | Florida International University

Sandro Barros | Michigan State University

Lara Bryfonski | Georgetown University

Martin Bygate | Lancaster University

Julie Carver | Georgia State University

Matthew D. Coss | University of Alabama

Dustin Crowther | University of Hawai'i at Manoa

William Dunn | University of Alberta

Martin East | University of Auckland

Carolien Frijns | Ghent University

Roger Gilabert | University of Barcelona

Marta González-Lloret | University of Hawai'i at Manoa

Marrit van de Guchte | University of Amsterdam

Laura Gurzynski-Weiss | Indiana University

Barbara Hinger | University of Graz

Eva Kartchava | Carlton University

YouJin Kim | Georgia State University

Shawn Loewen | Michigan State University

Aleksandra Malicka | Universitat Oberta de Catalunya

Marije C. Michel | University of Groningen

Andreas Müller-Hartmann | Pädagogische Hochschule, Heidelberg

Jonathan Newton | Victoria University of Wellington

John M. Norris | Educational Testing Service

Leila Ranta | University of Alberta

Andrea Révész | University College London

Kristin Rock | University of Hawai'i at Manoa

Shoko Sasayama | Educational Testing Service

Ellen Johnson Serafini | George Mason University

Natsuko Shintani | Kobe Gakuin University

Vera Trager | University of Barcelona

Piet Van Avermaet | Ghent University

Marieke Vanbuel | KU Leuven

Elke Van Steendam | KU Leuven

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TASK | Journal on Task-Based Language Teaching and Learning

5 February 2026

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