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Using tasks for language teaching emerged as an alternative to structural approaches to language teaching.Task-Based LanguageTeaching (TBLT), now, is one of themost popular language teaching methods, and numerous coursebooks are being developed across theworld based onTBLT.We are alsomoving towards using tasks for language assessment as well, a domain that has hitherto been dominated by discrete multiplechoice items with some occasional use of performance-based assessments in largescale tests. While TBLT is now a well-established teaching methodology, Task- Based Language Assessment (TBLA) is still in its nascent stage with respect to its application for classroom-based purposes. At this juncture, we must note that one of the most significant contributions to TBLT came from N. S. Prabhu from Indian contexts through his Bangalore project in the 1980s. TBLT/TBLA continues to be a robust research area attracting the attention of both practising teachers and language researchers working from diverse fields. This volume aims to bring together multiple perspectives on TBLT and TBLA primarily from the ESL/EFL contexts. This book has two sections: the first one has papers focusing on TBLT, whereas the second one consists of papers on TBLA. It is a judicious mix of theoretical and experimental research papers contributed by SLA researchers, teacher educators and practising teachers from across the world. We sincerely hope that with an interdisciplinary appeal, this book will be a valuable resource for researchers in task-based language teaching and assessment and for teachers with practical suggestions for designing and using tasks for teaching and testing. The origin of this volume lies in discussion sessions with our graduate students. We are forever thankful to them for insights, comments and perspectives.We would like to thank all our contributors for such a great amount of patience! All the papers in this volume were peer-reviewed, and we are extremely thankful to our reviewers: Profs. Malathy Krishnan, J. Willis, Geetha Durairajan, Jacob Tharu, Maya Pandit, Meera Srinivas and Santosh Mahapatra! This work would not have been possible without the support and understanding of the family members, friends, the institute authorities and all the well-wishers. Big thanks to all of them!