The Applicability Of The Task-based Approach In The Intermediate Reading TCFL

Task-based language teaching emphasizes the language teaching mode of "learning by doing" which had arisen in the1980s. This teaching mode had been paid more and more attention because of its scientific theory foundation and teaching idea. This paper mainly based on the theory of task-based language teaching research and the author’s teaching experience from the International Cultural Exchange School of Lanzhou University, combining with the characteristics and principles of reading education about which treats Chinese as its foreign language to solve those problems which exist in the reading education of Chinese for foreigners, and puts forward the idea of combining the task-based language teaching mode with reading education of Chinese for foreigners, and hopes to be able to provide some pieces of advice and helps to those teachers who are struggling for their careers in reading education about Chinese for foreigners.At first, this paper analyses and summarizes the present situation of reading education of Chinese for foreigners, putting forward the problems that exist in the reading education of Chinese for foreigners, in the process of comparison to the traditional teaching method of faults, ultimately presenting the research subject. The second part of this article summarizes the research progress of task-based language teaching at home and abroad, as well as the application of task-based language teaching in Chinese for foreigners teaching and so on. The third part are about the main definition of task, analysis of theoretical basis, type, design principles, factors, and the systematical introduction of basic characteristics of task-based language teaching and the process of theoretical basis, which lays a solid foundation to the fifth part of this article. The fourth part summarizes the principles of task-based language teaching mode which can be used into the reading education of Chinese for Foreigners first, and then designs the type operation framework of Chinese for Foreigners based on the principles of teaching, mainly including three parts:task, before task and after task. Finally, depending on the earlier study of the theory, the author selected an article from the teaching material used in his teaching practice to conduct the teaching design. At last, through the questionnaire survey and analysis, this paper will summarize the teaching achievements, and list some existing problems in the implementation process in the end.The seventh chapter is the conclusion.