Techniques and Principles in Language Teaching

Task-based Instruction

• Task-based Instruction
• By interacting with others, learners get to listen to language which may be beyond their present ability, but which may be assimilated into their knowledge of the target language for use at a later time.

Task-based Instruction

• Task-based Instruction
• The central purpose we are concerned with is language learning, and tasks present this in the form of a problem-solving negotiation between knowledge that the learner holds and new knowledge.

Principles of Task-based Instruction

• Principles of Task-based Instruction

Observation	Principles
The teacher tells the class that they are going to complete a timetable.	The class activities have a perceived purpose and a clear outcome.

Principles of Task-based Instruction

• Principles of Task-based Instruction

Observation	Principles
The teacher begins by having the class help her begin to fill out a class schedule. This is done through whole-class interaction in the form of teacher question and student response.	A pre-task, in which students work through a similar task to one that they will later do individually, is a helpful way to have students see the logic involved in what they are being asked to do. It will also allow the language necessary to complete the task to come into play.