Case Studies Of The Application Of Task-based Language Teaching To Senior English Reading Class

Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) is an approach of second language teaching and started in the late 1970s or early 1980s. In China, Task-Based Language Teaching was advocated by New English Curriculum in 2001 and reading teaching has made up the major part of teaching contents in English teaching for a long time. So it is necessary to research the application of Task-Based Language Teaching to English reading class.In order to find out what is the actual situation of the implementation of Task-based Language Teaching in senior English reading class, the author does a research in the senior middle schools. The thesis mainly studies two cases from the two teachers in Nankai district. The two cases are analyzed in terms of task components and the framework of Task-based Language Teaching. The research method used is classroom observation, and transcript of the practical teaching. The results of the research show some advantages and disadvantages of the two teachers' application of Task-based Language Teaching in senior middle school English reading class. Some advantages:1. The teachers have the consciousness to use task-based language teaching in reading class.2. The teachers focus on language meaning.3. The teachers can make the goal of task clear, so the students understand what to do and how to do it.4. The teachers focus on interaction and communication with students.5. The teachers can help students when they do the task. Some disadvantages:1. The teacher in Case One gives students the goals of the task without telling the deadline.2. The input materials the teacher in Case Two provided are single and simple.3. Most of the activities designed by the teachers in Case One and Case Two are pedagogic activities or non-communicative activities.4. Assessments after task from two teachers are simple and single.5. The teacher in the Case Two can't deal with well the grading of the task.6. The teacher in Case One does not set group work. The thesis is to hope that teachers can think over the advantages and disadvantages of using Task-based Language Teaching and can improve their ability to use Task-based Language Teaching in senior English reading class.