An Applied Research On English Listening-Speaking Teaching Through Task-based Approach In Vocational School

Task-based teaching method, based on lots of researches done by foreign scholars, is one of the most effective language teaching methods in the 1980s. The method, a variety of communicative language approach, aims to convey communicative language teaching theory into classroom instruction. Since new secondary school curriculum was practiced in China, many schools are carrying out Task-based teaching reform.This research discusses about Task-based listening and speaking teaching and learning in secondary vocational schools. By studying the definition, characteristics and theoretical bases of Taskrbased teaching , the paper provides the practical ways of Task-based listening and speaking teaching in the secondary vocational schools.The paper is made up of five chapters. The first chapter presents the present situation of English teaching and learning in secondary vocational schools, and the background of Task-based teaching method as well as the purpose of this research and the framework of the paper. The second chapter gives the theoretical base for the whole research by reviewing the basic principles and development of Task-based teaching theory and presenting the relevant research results both at home and abroad. The third chapter depicts the outline of the research, including how classroom teaching tasks and homework tasks are designed. The fourth chapter is about the experimental procedure and the assessment of students' performance. Some samples of teaching plans are also included in this part. The third chapter and the fourth chapter are the main parts of the paper. The fifth chapter analyses and discusses about the results of the experiment, on the basis of which the author looks forward to the future development of Task-based listening and speaking teaching in secondary vocational schools in China.