TBA for ELT pronunciation

A TASK-BASED APPROACH FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING PRONUNCIATION

Prof. Rodrigo N. de Queiroz

TODAY'S TOPICS

What is a task?

A Task-Based Lesson

Task types

TRUE OR FALSE?

A task performed in the classroom focus primarly on form. FALSE

A task is similar to an exercise and activity. FALSE

A task is based in learner's needs. TRUE

There is no interaction in a task applied in the classroom. FALSE

Tasks are related to real world practices. TRUE

"A task is a workplan that requires learners to process language pragmatically in order to achieve an outcome that can be evaluated in terms of whether the correct or appropriate propositional content has been conveyed. To this end, it requires them to give primary attention to meaning and to make use of their own linguistic resources, although the design of the task may predispose them to choose particular forms. A task is intended to result in language use that bears a resemblance, direct or indirect, to the way language is used in the real world. Like other language activities, a task can engage productive or receptive, oral or written skills, and also various cognitive processes." (ELLIS, 2003, p. 16)

Prof. Rod Ellis Curtin University

"The communicative task [is] a piece of classroom work which involves learners in comprehending, manipulating, producing or interacting in the target language while their attention is principally focused on meaning rather than form. The task should also have a sense of completeness, being able to stand alone as a communicative act in its own right." (NUNAN, 1989, p. 10)

Prof. David NunanAnaheim University

TASK CRITERIA

• Primary focus on meaning.

• There needs to be a 'gap'.

• Learners choose the linguistic and non-linguistic resources to complete the task

• A clear defined communicative outcome.

(ELLIS, 2020)

TASK OR EXERCISE?

Source: https://www.liveworksheets.com/worksheets/en/English_as_a_Second_Language_(ESL)/Use_of_English/Mid-term_exam_2020_(part_2)_mo978054hp

Source: Rod Ellis - Using tasks in language teaching from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsBTQgE8uhw

A TASK-BASED LESSON

PRE-TASK

• The teacher introduces the topic and explains the task.

• Learners may brainstorm language they can use in the task.

• Learners may listen to a recording or read a text.

Introduction to topic

Task

(Willis, 1996; Willis and Willis 2007)

TASK

PLANNING

Task-Cycle

REPORT

(Willis, 1996; Willis and Willis 2007)

Analysis

Post-task

Practice

Evaluation reflection

(Willis, 1996; Willis and Willis 2007)

AN EXAMPLE

Recommending places in São Paulo to a friend via a What’s App audio message

POST-TASK

TASK

PRE-TASK

Created by ANDREIA ZAKIME from WHATISELT.COM

TASK TYPES

COMPARING

LISTING

ORDERING AND SORTING

(Willis, 1996; Willis and Willis 2007)

TASK TYPES

PROBLEM SOVING

SHARING PERSONAL EXPERIENCES

CREATIVE TASKS

(Willis, 1996; Willis and Willis 2007)

REFERENCES

ELLIS, Rod. Task-based language learning and teaching. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.

ELLIS, Rod. Using tasks in language teaching. In: Cambridge University Press ELT Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsBTQgE8uhwhttps://www.youtube.com/wat=jsBTQgE8uhw. Acessed on August 15, 2021.

NUNAN, David. Designing tasks for the communicative classroom. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989. WILLIS, Dean. “Doing Task-Based Teaching”. In: International House Journal of Education and Development, Issue 28, 2010. Available at: http://ihjournal.com/doing-task-based-teaching. Accessed on August 15, 2021. WILLIS, Dean; WILLIS, Jean. Doing Task-Based Teaching. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007. WILLIS, Jean. A framework for task-based learning. Harlow: Addison Wesley Longman, 1996.

WHAT IS TASK-BASED LEARNING? In: What is ELT? Available at: https://www.whatiselt.com/single-post/2018/01/19/what-is-task-based-learning. Acessed on August 15, 2021.