this paper examines the theoretical rationales and practical aspects of task-based language teaching (tblt) with particular reference to research findings in efl/esl contexts. the definitional scope of the term ‘task’, polarizations in terms of task vs. non-task, and its relation to different language teaching approaches have engendered conceptual and methodological ambiguities.  moreover, fact...

This paper examines the theoretical rationales and practical aspects of task-based language teaching (TBLT) with particular reference to research findings in EFL/ESL contexts. The definitional scope of the term ‘task’, polarizations in terms of task vs. non-task, and its relation to different language teaching approaches have engendered conceptual and methodological ambiguities.  Moreover, fact...

In many parallel processing applications, task times have relatively little variability. Accordingly, many nodes will complete a task at approximately the same time. If the application is run on an Ethernet, the near-simultaneity of the task completion times implies that when the tasks attempt to communicate with some central task manager, they will bump into each other. This in turn can cause ...

this commentary considers the vexed question of whether or not we should be spending time and resources on using multifaceted interventions to undertake implementation of evidence in healthcare. a review of systematic reviews has suggested that simple interventions may be just as effective as those taking a multifaceted approach. taking cognisance of the promoting action on research implementat...

Nested recursive parallel applications constitute an important super-class of conventional, flat parallel codes. For this class, parallel libraries utilizing the concept of tasks have been widely adapted. However, the provided abstract task creation and synchronization interfaces force corresponding implementations to focus their attention to individual task creation and synchronization points ...