Introduction to TaskBased Language Teaching and Learning ESL Task Based Teaching Ideas

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Task based teaching is a great teaching process for your ESL students. Try out task-based learning in your English classes and I'm sure you'll see some great results. It's a nice change of pace from the usual presentation-practice-production (PPP) style of English teaching lesson plans. • Task-based language teaching and learning is an effective way to teach and your students will respond to the process in a positive way. It engages students and keeps it interesting for you as well. Here's an introduction video to get you started on task-based teaching methods! • --------------------------- • More information about task-based ESL lessons: • https://eslspeaking.org/task-based-la... • -------------------------- • Check out these task based ESL activities: • • Task Based Learning Activities for ES... • -------------------------- • • Join Jackie's email list: • https://eslspeaking.org/subscribe/ • • Join this channel to get access to perks: • / @jackiebolen • • Find me on Patreon: • / membership • Want to find out more about task based teaching? • 39 Task-Based Language Teaching and Learning Activities: https://amzn.to/3uJOttS • Even more Ideas for the TEFL Classroom: https://eslspeaking.org/ • / eslspeaking • https://www.pinterest.ca/eslspeaking/ • #teachingenglishwithjackie #teachingenglish #tefl #esl #efl • ------------------------ • Task-based teaching demo from ‪@IntTEFLAcademy‬ • • Demo: Task-Based Learning - Internati... • ------------------------ • Transcript: • Today I'm going to talk about task-based teaching for language teaching. I'm an English teacher. You can use task-based teaching and learning for a variety of different subjects but I'm a language teacher so that's what I'm going to talk about. • First of all, what is it? So task-based teaching is when students have to complete a task in groups and the focus is on the completion of that task and the process that students used in order to get there. The focus is less on the actual language that is being used but the emphasis is on communication. • This kind of fits into the wider range of more communicative-focused activities as opposed to things like grammar translation that are kind of more old school. So the traditional kind of ESL lesson these days is often PPP (presentation practice production) where the focus is all about students getting the correct language. You present the language, they practice the language, and then they produce the language. And the target or the focus is a hundred percent on accuracy. Whereas task-based teaching, students can use really any language they want and the focus is more on communication. • So here are my five reasons why you might consider using task-based teaching in your language classes. • The first one is a why. Students have a specific, concrete task that they need to accomplish in your class. When you're doing PPP style lessons, students are producing language but they might not have a real reason why they need to use that language. In a task-based lesson, hopefully, that gives students a reason to use English or to use the new language that they're studying because they have to complete this certain task. • The other thing I like about task-based teaching is the students can learn what they want to learn. I try to give quite a degree of flexibility in terms of the task types that I choose and students are able to choose what's interesting to them. They can research more, find out more, and ask me about the language they want to know. • Students are working in groups to complete something and the teacher is more of a guide or a little bit of a mentor or a resource as opposed to the all-knowing guru who's at the front of the class presenting the language. • The fourth reason why I like task-based activities is that it focuses on group work. I know some students don't love group work but I think in terms of language learning, it might be the best way forward. It can be quite motivating. Students get a chance to practice speaking in English with their group to find out if they're understood or not. • Alright, the last one is students are able to focus on meaning. So if you're communicating with someone in a language that's your own or even not your own, another language, meaning is most important. Can the person you're talking to understand you? If yes, then you probably have been quite successful. If not, then you need to go back and say it again or say it in a different kind of way so that people can understand you. • Timestamp • 0:00 Intro • 0:19 What is task-based teaching? • 0:54 What about PPP? • 1:28 A reason to do something • 1:57 Students learn what they want to learn • 2:24 Student-centred • 2:41 Focus on groupwork • 3:22 Focus on meaning vs accuracy • 4:33 Conclusion • Tags: task-based teaching, task-based learning, task-based language teaching, task-based language learning, task-based language, esl task-based lesson

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