Topic- Theoretical Bases for Task-Based Language Teachin.pptVIP

Topic: Theoretical Bases for Task-Based Language Teaching Objectives Trainees will be able to give reasons for the design and procedures of task-based language teaching. Lesson OneGiving Reasons for Task-based Language Teaching Pre-task activities Step One: discussing the language theories underlying the method. Step Two: discussing the language learning theories underlying the method. While-task activities Step Three: group work to give reasons for the method. Post-task activities Step Seven: group speaker reporting to the class. The Communicative Approach(1970s ) Theory of language Functional linguistics To sum up, a communicative view of language has the following four characteristics: 1. Language is a system for the expression of meaning. 2.The primary function of language is fo4r interaction and communication. 3. The structure of language reflects its functional and communicative users. 4. The primary units of language are not merely its grammatical and structural features, but categories of functional and communicative meaning as exemplified in discourse. (Richards and Rodgers, 1986: 71) Hymes’s view A person who acquires communicative competence acquires both knowledge and ability for language use with respect to 1. Whether (and to what degree) something is formally possible;(correct) 2. Whether (and to what degree) something is feasible in virtue of the means of implementation available;(clear) 3. Whether (and to what degree) something is appropriate ( adequate, happy, successful ) in relation to a context in which it is used and evaluated;(acceptable) 4. Whether (and to what degree) something is in fact done.(authentic) Theory of language learning The acculturation theory The discourse theory The monitor theory The educational theory The educational theory Progressivism Reconstructionism Progressivism “Childhood becomes important in its own right and is no longer regarded as preparation for adulthood; freedom is mor