Task Based Approach

Task Based Approach

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  • It refersto an approach based on the use of tasks as the core unit of planning and instruction in language teaching. • It is presented as a logical development of Communicative Language Teaching.
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  It was presentedas a logical development of Communicative language teaching by Jane Willis and other proponents. two early applications of Task based approach within a communicative framework for language teaching were the Malaysian Communicational Syllabus (1975) and
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  The focus ison the process rather than the product. Basic elements are porposeful activities and tasks that emphasizes communication and meaning. Learners learn language by interacting communicatively and purposefully while engaged in activities and tasks. Activities and tasks can be either: A. Those that learnes might need to achieve in real life; B. Those that have a pedagogical porpuse specific to the classroom. Activities and task of a task-based syllabus are sequenced according to difficulty.
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  Pre task : Introductionto topic and task: Teacher explores the topic with the class, highlights useful words and phrases, helps students understand task instructions and prepare. Procedure Willis 1996 recommends the following sequences of activities:
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  Task cycle : Task:Students do the task, in pairs or small groups. Teacher monitors from a distance. Planning: Students prepare to report to the whole class( orally or in writing) how they did the task, what they decided or discovered. Report: Some groups present their reports to the class, or exchange written reports and compare results. Procedure
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  Language focus: Analysis: Studentsexamine and discuss specific features of the text or transcript of the recording. Practice: Teacher conducts practice or new words, phrases and patterns occurring in the data, either during or after the analysis. Procedure
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  References Nunan, D. (2004)Task-based Language Teaching. Cambridge University Press, 2004 Skehan, Peter. A Framework for the Implementation of Task- Based Instruction Richards, Jack C. - Rodgers, Theodore S. (2001), Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching, Cambridge University Press.