If the main goal of a language course is for learners to learn to use the target language more efficiently, fluently and correctly in authentic language use situations, then current scientific ...

Suggested Citation: "3 Language Constructs and Language Use." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. A Principled Approach to Language Assessment: Considerations for the U.S.

“Too complicated”, “too much lost time” or “I don’t have any control over what my pupils are doing there” – this is how some teachers spontaneously react to the idea of using task-based language ...