This study set out to explore the impact of three levels of task planning on the accuracy of task-based oral performance with narrative task types among sixty Iranian sophomores majoring in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) at Islamic Azad University – Tabriz Branch. It was hypothesized that simultaneous pre-task/on-line planning would lead to more accurate performance. To test the ...

This paper begins by offering a definition of ‘task’ and by emphasizing that there is no single ‘task-based teaching’ approach. It then evaluates a number of criticisms of TBT, drawing on recent critiques by Widdowson, Seedhouse, Sheen, and Swan. It is argued that many of these criticisms stem from a fundamental misunderstanding of what a ‘task’ is, and of the theoretical rationales that inform...

The field of second or world language teaching has undergone many shifts and trends over the last few decades. Numerous methods have come and gone. We have seen the Audiolingual Method, cognitivebased approaches, the Total Physical Response (TPR), the Natural Approach, and many others (for a detailed description of these methods and approaches, see Richards and Rodgers 2001). In addition, the p...

...although PPP lessons are often supplemented with skills lessons, most students taught mainly through conventional approaches such as PPP leave school unable to communicate effectively in English (Stern, 1983). This situation has prompted many ELT professionals to take note of... second language acquisition (SLA) studies... and turn towards holistic approaches where meaning is central and whe...

This study investigates the effects of Task-based Language Teaching (TBLT) and Audio-Lingual Approach (ALTA) on learning motivation among non-native Mandarin learners in as a Third (TMTL). The TBLT applied is an adaptation Willis's TBL Framework, while ALTA Sarıçoban's dialogue memorisation. A quasi-experimental design was used this study, with 21 students selected through convenience sampling ...

Task-based language teaching refers to a foreign method that is student-centered and aims accomplish communicative tasks. In the reform of college English teaching, task-based an effective way stimulate students’ interest in learning improve their competence autonomous ability. This paper tries explore new ideas under guidance method, so as further comprehensive While fully affirming this mode,...