

Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • I'm dubious. Does this topic really exist?
2003 Task-Based Language Teaching and Learning ( Oxford: Oxford University Press). Google Scholar Ellis, R., H. Basturkmen and S. Loewen 2001 ' Learner Uptake in Communicative ESL Lessons ', Language Learning 51: 281 - 318.
[ ] 'task-based language learning' is, by definition, a subset of 'language learning'. The problem I see is that all language learning seems to be task-based, so the qualifier 'task-based' is meaningless. It gets used by companies in their advertisements, and governments in their public relations work, but that doesn't imply that it means anything. I've learned multiple foreign languages, and I've yet to come across a language learning method that couldn't be called 'task-based'. Every book uses dialogues, and all dialogues can be described as accomplishing a task (the task of introducing yourself, the task of returning an item to a shop, the task of reporting a theft.). This article talks about a method which isn't 'purely' task-based. It seems to me that 'tasks' are just a part of language learning, and all language learning methods are to some degree 'task-based'.
So, 'task-based language learning' is also 'grammar-based', because it involves grammar, and it's also 'vocabulary-based', because it involves words. Yep, I think this is nothing but a marketing term masquerading as a topic. The amount of descriptive test without references reinforces my thinking. () 10:18, 24 January 2011 (UTC) UPDATE: I guess there's a topic 'tasks (language learning tool)', and some methods are more task-based than others.
No method is 100% or 0% task-based (just as no method is 100% or 0% grammar-based). A method that focusses a lot on tasks could be called 'task-based', but it's just a label.
This article shouldn't be about the label, it should be about the concept, which is 'tasks (language learning tool)'. () 10:51, 24 January 2011 (UTC) I'm sceptical, there is nothing in the article or on this talk page as of Nov 2018 that isn't just part of the 'performance' phase of PPP. I also don't believe this is all teachers do - for example, in reference to the Nike 1-800 example below, I don't see how you learn the words to ask an American about the price of shoes by calling a phoneline and starting to talk to them and I don't believe anyone actually makes their class do that without first showing i.e. 'presenting' the correct form 'How much does X cost?'
And then practicing it a with them a bit. Having said that, in some materials I have seen the performance phase is not given enough attention so maybe there is some benefit in focusing on final P, so this is really ppP and if the way to get people to emphasise that is to tell them they are doing TBL then ok but this should be a subsection of the PPP article if there is one () 23:08, 23 November 2018 (UTC). This really is a topic [ ] For language education professionals, like me, this is very much a topic.
It is one of the major developments of Communicative Language Teaching. In terms of Related approaches, at the bottom, Dogme should be deleted. I can't imagine, and I hope my suspicions are wrong, who added this. If anything is related, try webquests and communicative language teaching. — Preceding comment added by ( • ) 18:26, 11 April 2011 (UTC) Valid topic [ ] Task-based learning is a valid topic and exhibits the difference between teaching theory or teaching grammar and vocabulary to learning by using the language, not just studying the language.
You could say it is a subset of the Communicative Approach. The difference is that it is communicating around a specific task, not just communicating about something. For example, a teacher may give the students the task of calling a 1-800 phone number in the USA to ask how much a pair of Nike shoes would cost. The students will need to anticipate the language required for that task and plan how they will use it and then make the call. They are not just sitting around talking about shoes. Too much teaching is focused on 'theory' and not enough on application.
This has been discussed extensively but here is an interesting and recent article about it referring to the research: This is also why Dogme does not belong here. The greatest distinction of Dogme is that they are against using course books. In Dogme, a task or no task are just as valid. Sitting around and talking about shoes is just as valid as trying to achieve a task.
I agree with the other poster, reasons for the Dogme reference are dubious. — Preceding comment added by () 02:23, 6 November 2011 (UTC) Task vs. Exercise [ ] There's a lot of confusion and misinterpretation of terms in EFL and ESL. Farming simulator 2013 iso download tpb download.
The term 'task' is generally very loosely interpreted by teachers and authors of course books and books on pedagogy. I think we need a clear distinction between tasks and exercises. Basically, a task defines WHAT learners have to do, e.g. Write a letter, order something on the phone, ask for directions, and an exercise defines HOW learners have to do it, e.g.
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