Task-Based Learning: An Effective Way of Developing Communication Skills
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https://doi.org/10.23918/ijsses.v4i2sip104Keywords:
Task, Task-based Learning, Communication, Language LearningAbstract
In task-based learning the emphasis is on meaning and the learners are required to use the language for learning. Teaching English through tasks has been considered useful to employ in the language classroom because students are believed to learn the target language better when tasks are used as vehicles in language teaching. Tasks involve language and they provide a natural context for students to learn English with ease. In second language acquisition the use of tasks for communicative teaching has received a great deal of support from researchers. This paper aims to show why task-based learning holds an important place in foreign language learning. In particular; whether the use of task-based learning in the language classroom contributes to communicative language teaching is an issue the present paper deals with.
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