Task-based teaching approach is a new teaching method which absorbs the achievements of modem language teaching theories. It is supposed to be an effective method in promoting learners＇ language competence. However, ...Task-based teaching approach is a new teaching method which absorbs the achievements of modem language teaching theories. It is supposed to be an effective method in promoting learners＇ language competence. However, empirical studies of its application are rarely found in the field of grammar teaching. This paper tries to integrate task-based teaching approach into grammar teaching in order to probe into its validity and feasibility in grammar teaching.展开更多
Purpose： It is used for judging the advantages and disadvantages of information technology foundation course teaching in health vocational colleges. Method： In teaching, it takes the two classes of 2012 grade nursin...Purpose： It is used for judging the advantages and disadvantages of information technology foundation course teaching in health vocational colleges. Method： In teaching, it takes the two classes of 2012 grade nursing major as the experiment object. The comparison class adopts traditonal and speaking-practice combination teaching method and the experiment class adopts task-driving teaching method. When the semester finishes, it conducts testing andd questionnaire survey, collecting the relevant data, analyzing the changes of students in the aspects of performance, learning interest and attitude, autonomous learning consciousness and ability after experiment class adopting new teaching methods. Result： The exam performance of experiment class is obviously higher than the comparison class, and the experiment class has an obvious improvement in the aspects of learning interest, autonomous learning consciousness and ability, and the difference has statistical significance. Conclusion： The task driving teaching method is suitable for the status of information foundation teaching in health vocational colleges, which improves students＇ performance significantly and is good for students＇ learning interest and enthusiasm, obtaining good classroom effect. Also, it makes students＇ autonomous learning consciousness and ability improve greatly.展开更多
This research used case study data to provide a picture of how school teachers in China are attempting to implement a task-based approach in language learning classrooms. Specifically, the task-based instruction as im...This research used case study data to provide a picture of how school teachers in China are attempting to implement a task-based approach in language learning classrooms. Specifically, the task-based instruction as implemented by four Chinese EFL teachers were investigated through classroom observations. An adapted version of the COLT (Communicative Orientation of Language Teaching) observation scheme was used for data collection. The finding of this research indicates that teachers and their beliefs towards TBLT are the key factor contributing to the implementation of TBA. Based on this significant finding, the researcher provides recommendations for the EFL teachers in China.展开更多
The effects of a task-based learning （TBL） approach on learner progress in L2 public speaking are investigated through questionnaires, a case study, and student evaluations. The 34 completed questionnaires showed th...The effects of a task-based learning （TBL） approach on learner progress in L2 public speaking are investigated through questionnaires, a case study, and student evaluations. The 34 completed questionnaires showed that all of the students made generic preparations for their first individual speech, but relevant and unique improvements for the second one. Speeches given in English by two Chinese undergraduate students in the same Public Speaking course were analyzed in detail to identify phonological improvements in accuracy and fluenc~ The paper concludes that task-based instruction supports learner-initiated learning opportunities outside the classroom, thus encouraging greater learner improvements.展开更多
As a new ideology, task-based instruction aims at achieving the balanced development of language. The paper reviews the origin, the development and the future of task-based instruction, with the aim of providing a cle...As a new ideology, task-based instruction aims at achieving the balanced development of language. The paper reviews the origin, the development and the future of task-based instruction, with the aim of providing a clear picture of tasks and task-based instruction and in the hope of removing doubts and suspicions and pointing out the problems faced by task-based instruction.展开更多
Based on the noticing function of output proposed by Swain(1985, 1995, 2000, 2005), this paper reports on a quasi-experimental study that investigated the effect of two types of output tasks (i.e., the guided essay-wr...Based on the noticing function of output proposed by Swain(1985, 1995, 2000, 2005), this paper reports on a quasi-experimental study that investigated the effect of two types of output tasks (i.e., the guided essay-writing task and the text-reconstruction task) on the acquisition of English past hypothetic conditional. The participants were 48 second-year English majors from a university in South China. The experimental group (n=24) wrote an essay after reading the writing prompt and reconstructed a passage...展开更多
文摘Task-based teaching approach is a new teaching method which absorbs the achievements of modem language teaching theories. It is supposed to be an effective method in promoting learners＇ language competence. However, empirical studies of its application are rarely found in the field of grammar teaching. This paper tries to integrate task-based teaching approach into grammar teaching in order to probe into its validity and feasibility in grammar teaching.
文摘Purpose： It is used for judging the advantages and disadvantages of information technology foundation course teaching in health vocational colleges. Method： In teaching, it takes the two classes of 2012 grade nursing major as the experiment object. The comparison class adopts traditonal and speaking-practice combination teaching method and the experiment class adopts task-driving teaching method. When the semester finishes, it conducts testing andd questionnaire survey, collecting the relevant data, analyzing the changes of students in the aspects of performance, learning interest and attitude, autonomous learning consciousness and ability after experiment class adopting new teaching methods. Result： The exam performance of experiment class is obviously higher than the comparison class, and the experiment class has an obvious improvement in the aspects of learning interest, autonomous learning consciousness and ability, and the difference has statistical significance. Conclusion： The task driving teaching method is suitable for the status of information foundation teaching in health vocational colleges, which improves students＇ performance significantly and is good for students＇ learning interest and enthusiasm, obtaining good classroom effect. Also, it makes students＇ autonomous learning consciousness and ability improve greatly.
文摘This research used case study data to provide a picture of how school teachers in China are attempting to implement a task-based approach in language learning classrooms. Specifically, the task-based instruction as implemented by four Chinese EFL teachers were investigated through classroom observations. An adapted version of the COLT (Communicative Orientation of Language Teaching) observation scheme was used for data collection. The finding of this research indicates that teachers and their beliefs towards TBLT are the key factor contributing to the implementation of TBA. Based on this significant finding, the researcher provides recommendations for the EFL teachers in China.
文摘The effects of a task-based learning （TBL） approach on learner progress in L2 public speaking are investigated through questionnaires, a case study, and student evaluations. The 34 completed questionnaires showed that all of the students made generic preparations for their first individual speech, but relevant and unique improvements for the second one. Speeches given in English by two Chinese undergraduate students in the same Public Speaking course were analyzed in detail to identify phonological improvements in accuracy and fluenc~ The paper concludes that task-based instruction supports learner-initiated learning opportunities outside the classroom, thus encouraging greater learner improvements.
文摘As a new ideology, task-based instruction aims at achieving the balanced development of language. The paper reviews the origin, the development and the future of task-based instruction, with the aim of providing a clear picture of tasks and task-based instruction and in the hope of removing doubts and suspicions and pointing out the problems faced by task-based instruction.
文摘Based on the noticing function of output proposed by Swain(1985, 1995, 2000, 2005), this paper reports on a quasi-experimental study that investigated the effect of two types of output tasks (i.e., the guided essay-writing task and the text-reconstruction task) on the acquisition of English past hypothetic conditional. The participants were 48 second-year English majors from a university in South China. The experimental group (n=24) wrote an essay after reading the writing prompt and reconstructed a passage...
