A Study Of The Application Of Task-based English Teaching In Secondary Vocational Schools

With the further development of economic globalization, nowadays more and more researchers are focusing their attention on English teaching. At present, the domestic and foreign educators lay much stress on the importance of task-based English teaching which is a teaching approach developed with the combination of linguistics, language teaching and educational psychology and other related disciplines.By analyzing the status of educational development and the significance of applying the task-based English teaching in secondary vocational schools, it can be found that introducing the task-based approach of teaching English in vocational schools is necessary. The present research is conducted by adopting the documentary method, questionnaire survey, action research method and contrastive analysis approach.This thesis includes 3 questions:(1) Can task-based teaching help improve the English level of secondary vocational schools students?(2) What are the current problems of task-based English teaching in secondary vocational schools?(3) What are the strategies of task-based English teaching in secondary vocational schools?By taking Yantai Technician school as a case study, we choose two classes: one is set as the experimental class, while the other is set as the control class. 22 English teachers and 90 students were investigated, and the questionnaire,interview and classroom observations were conducted as well. The study explores the major problems of task-based teaching in secondary vocational schools, tries to work out the strategies through investigation, and puts forward suggestions.There exist such problems as the teaching time being limited, the students’ language skills and academic records being not balanced, and their high demand for the application of task-based teaching method, etc., but it can effectively improve students’ learning efficiency. At the same time, this thesis puts forward the suggestions for the teachers about the task-based language teaching: dealing with the relationship dialectically, grasping the guiding ideology, fully applying developmental teaching strategy, paying attention to reconstruction of students’ knowledge structure, focusing on reforming the evaluation, seeking the support of the school leaders actively, and creating language application environment.