A Study Of Teaching "Go For It!" From The Perspectives Of The Task-Based Language Teaching In Junior Middle Schools

There are different approaches that are applied to junior English teaching and each of them adopts a different conception of teaching with its own merits and shortcomings. However, the Task-based Language Teaching (TBLT) advocated by the Ministry of Education became more and more popular and accepted by many English teachers. The TBLT was put forward in1980’s. It is a kind of based on the use of interaction and communication task as an important part of the teaching methods. Its supporters tried to use the second language learning as an extension of teaching the principles of communicative language teaching.Task-based Language Teaching focuses on finishing the task and solving the problem, with the start of respecting the language as a communicative tool, which advocates the simulation of a communication scene in the class to facilitate the students’ language practice under concrete targets. Students can improve and develop their language competence during finishing the task. Besides, it attaches importance to the process of carrying out each task. It can cultivate and inspire students’desire to master the language as much as possible.Course book selection and evaluation play a significant role in achieving teaching goals, for course books are the important tools of teaching organization and implementation. Many books and papers have discussed and researched the study of Task-based Language Teaching. Many teachers are trying to teach efficiently in class by applying it. Therefore, this paper will have a discussion on implementation of applying Task-based Language Teaching(TBLT) in teaching "Go for it!’As the most widely used English course book for junior schools in China,"Go for it!"’should accord with the idea of Task-based Language Teaching which is advocated in the new English Curriculum Standard. And it can promote and enhance the students" ability to use language by implementing the TBLT. Besides, it can also achieve the full capacity of the new target in New Curriculum. Therefore, it’s necessary to analyze it by referring to the theory and Principles of Task-based Language Teaching.