Communicative methods in teaching English

or orientation whereas TBL represents a body of

principles and procedures for making communicative

language teaching work in the classroom.

Fundamental Principles of TBT (4)

The four fundamental principles underlying the

Task-Based Teaching (TBT) are:

• meaning is primary,
• grammar and form are not ignored,
• the task is a complete unit and there is a systematic relationship between pedagogical tasks and target/real-world tasks.

Disadvantagesof TBL

The major criticism of TBL concerns its applicability

to lower learning levels. However, there are

many tasks that are suitable for beginners or young

learners. Another point of criticism is about restricted

patterns of language that are usually used in the Task-

Based Learning. Language patterns that are used in

discussion, debate, or social interaction of other kind

fail to be included in the task-based interaction.