Individual Differences and Task-Based Language Teaching

This chapter begins by raising a number of general issues concerning the investigation of individual differences in task-based language teaching (TBLT) – the importance of investigating IDs in task-based language lessons as well as in individual tasks, including the study of input-based as well as output-based tasks, the selection of IDs to be investigated, and the need to make a clear distinction between IDs and engagement/emotion. The chapter then outlines a framework that can guide the s