Prof. of Language Education
School of Cultures, Languages, and Linguistics
University of Auckland, New Zealand
Martin East is Professor of Language Education in the School of Cultures, Languages and Linguistics where he primarily teaches courses in language teaching and learning. Prior to this appointment, Martin was a language teacher educator in the Faculty of Education and Social Work at the University of Auckland, where he worked mainly with pre-service teachers of languages other than English. His research sits at the intersection between second language acquisition, language pedagogy and teacher education, and he publishes widely in areas related to stakeholders’ reception of innovative practices. He is currently President of the International Association for Task-Based Language Teaching; a worldwide organization of scholars interested in and active contributors to the field of TBLT. Moreover, he is an active worker for the development of policies to support the teaching and learning of languages other than English in contexts where English is the predominant language.
