This course introduces modern language teachers to ways to integrate (playful) approaches and immersive, goal-driven activities into their current  practices.
The pedagogical benefits of task-based learning (TBL) scenarios will be explored with a focus on the design features that bring a sense of purpose and urgency to the language learning process that stimulate 'flow'. 
This enhanced  engagement helps students to focus on the task at hand while subconsciously acquiring and/or reinforcing oral interaction and writing as well as creative, problem solving, improvisation skills and broader life competences such as collaboration and intercultural communication.
To develop the teacher competences to provide related informal and motivating learning contexts participants will experience and reflect on the potential of simulations, roleplays, gameplay (also in immerse environments such as FrameVR) and various forms of creative writing (auto, flash- and fanfiction) as well as digital, tabletop and traditional games (e.g. dice games, conversation games).