Purpose: This study aimed to explore the effects of task-based language teaching (TBLT) with a tour guide simulation as a focused activity on young Thai learners' English speaking skills and their attitudes towards the instruction. Methodology: Based on a three-phase framework (i.e., pre-task, during-task, and post-task), TBLT was implemented with…

Certain functions are neurologically indicated to be lateralized to different brain hemispheres. Among numerous studies on impacts of communication strategy use and brain dominance on second language learning, only a small number of them, specifically in the Thai context, comprehensively explore possible relationships between learners'…