With the advent of Web 2.0 technologies over the last five years, it has been argued that immersive 3D virtual worlds provide opportunities for language learners to engage in authentic language use and collaborative communicative tasks [4]. While in Japan a task-based (TBLT) approach is starting to win favour among government policy makers [18], where its functional and situated approach to lea...

Bryfonski and McKay published a meta-analytic review of reports on the effectiveness task-based programs relative to other types programs. The aggregated effect in support was substantial. However, Boers et al. re-examined 27 comparative studies from which this size calculated argued that, with one exception, they did not serve intended purpose meta-analysis well. recent publication, Xuan argue...

Research on the use of task-based language teaching (TBLT) with digital technologies has increased over the last few years but few studies have focused specifically on its use with blended learning involving international undergraduate learners studying in a UK higher education context. This paper explores the role of a task-based approach with international students learning business communica...

autoimmunity and viral infections are closely associated fields, and viruses have been proposed as a likely aetiological, contributory or triggering factors of systemic autoimmune diseases. hepatitis c virus seems to be the virus usually associated with the appearance of autoimmune diseases, and the relationship between chronic hepatitis c virus infection and some autoimmune disease has been st...