Jonathan Newton

Victoria University of Wellington

Associate Professor Jonathan Newton is Director of International Engagement at the School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. With over thirty years of experience in language teaching and teacher education, he has worked extensively with teachers worldwide to enhance classroom language teaching and learning, particularly in task-based language teaching (TBLT), teaching listening and speaking, vocabulary instruction, and intercultural competence. He is an editor for Language Teaching for Young Learners (LTYL) and has published over 90 articles and book chapters, as well as six books, including Using Tasks in Language Teaching (2021), How to Teach Speaking: A Guide for English Language Teachers (2021), Teaching ESL/EFL Listening and Speaking (2020), Teaching English to Second Language Learners in Academic Contexts (2018), and Workplace Talk in Action: An ESOL Resource (2010).