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On Effective Implementation Of Task-Based Language Teaching Approach

Posted on:2009-08-27Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:X L WangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2155360245957681Subject:Education Management
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"Effectiveness" is the "life" of teaching. The real and overall development of students' is the starting and ending of English Curriculum Reform. Since it came into being in 1980s, Task-Based Language Teaching has been welcomed by educators in China. It's the important development result of Communicative Language Teaching. Many educators begin to explore and practice this approach in teaching《Go for it!》. More and more attention is being paid to task-based language teaching in "New English National Curriculum Standard". It emphasized that learners can do something with what they have learned. With clear objective they develop their language competence, thinking capability and ability to exchange and cooperate with others while carrying out a task, thus helping to improve the comprehensive ability to use a foreign language. It discusses how to carry out effectively on the Task-based Language Teaching in Junior English teaching. Teaching in classroom is mainly organized through tasks, and then learning about language is also driven by tasks. Therefore, task-based approach stimulates learner's study and character to further development. Teachers should train students' abilities of using English.This essay explains Task-Based Language Teaching from the theoretical base and the practical base. The paper gives some suggestions about how to use it in China. The author rethinks and draws a conclusion of it. It emphasizes the reality and nimbleness in the activities. It's helpful to obtain the language. However, teachers should use it flexibly.Besides the preface, appendix and, the thesis is divided into five parts:The first part: It introduces the importance of this paper. It shows the situation of the effective implementation of TBLT at present. It offers some questions. It raises the basic theory of Task-based Language Teaching in the world. It explains the purpose, ways, approaches, and basic principles, characteristics of the research methodology. According to《New English National Curriculum Standard》,we propose "Learning by doing".The second part: It analyses some hindrance factors of effective implementation of Task-Based Language Teaching in Junior Middle School. It gives the effective definition of "task", mainly explains the misunderstanding of concepts of tasks. The teachers can't deal with focus, difficulties exactly. They are not sure of basic model of Task-Based Language Teaching. Teaching procedures are not accordance with the fact. They can't make use of the assistance function of mull-media teaching. Teachers can't change their role. Teachers can't lead students to change their role in studying. There is conflict to traditional relation between teachers and students, etc.The third part: It illustrates the essential strategies on probe into effective implementation of Task—Based Language Teaching Approach and proves in teaching practicality according to their actual situation so as to improve students' communicative competence. It discusses the strategies of improving English teaching effect. It offers some strategies to stimulate students' interest and to get them motivated so as to have desired English teaching and learning effects. We should understand effective definition of "task" in《Go for it!》. It discusses how to choose, design and assign tasks according to New English National Curriculum Standard. We must grasp the aim and structure of teaching material and deal with it reasonably. We are also clear about basic model of Task-Based Language Teaching. We should arrange teaching procedures reasonably and organize studying activities in a specific course. We can make use of the assistance function of media-media teaching. It proposes teachers should change the role in teaching and bring into domination play and develop professionally. We should lead students to change their role in studying and bring into main part play. We should establish new relationship between teachers and students.The fourth part: The author draw a conclusion of it. Task-based Language Teaching leads students to learn English by fulfilling a real-life task in order to improve their abilities of using English. In the practice of Task-based Language Teaching Approach, a real-life task, which has been previously designed, should be presented to students at the starting period. Then students will learn the contests as a preparation for the task fulfillment, which will come at the end and involve all the knowledge and abilities the students have just learned. Task-based teaching reinforces learning by using, and learning for using as well. The author draws a conclusion and looks into the future of task-based instruction concerning its application. It gives some suggestions about how to use it in China. We should use various teaching approaches. In order to make it for our language teaching, the author appeals various approaches in English teaching.
Keywords/Search Tags:Go for it, Task-based Language Teaching, Effective implementation
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