A standout professional development experience
I completed the first cohort of TBL4T, and it has been one of the most meaningful professional development experiences I’ve taken part in.
The course is a 20-hour deep dive into Task-Based Language Teaching, analysing tasks, designing them, teaching them, and examining what happens when learners engage with them. I’ve been working with task-based ideas for years, but this course gave me the structure, space, and evidence base to examine my practice more carefully and push it further.
What stood out most was the attention to task in action: not just what a task is supposed to do, but what learners do with it. This changed how I observe performance, how I support learners in real time, and how I think about the relationship between planning and lived classroom interaction.
Leo’s facilitation was thoughtful, honest, and grounded in research. The cohort format made the learning richer – real discussions, real examples, and real challenges. Nothing felt generic or pre-packaged.
If you’re a teacher who wants to deepen your understanding of TBLT and refine your practice with evidence-based guidance, this course is worth your time. It helped me clarify my thinking, sharpen my teaching decisions, and reconnect with why task-based work matters.