Doing Task-based Language Teaching

Form-based approaches isolate one or two language items and their aim is to develop accuracy.

• True

• False

A typical example of a form based approach is ...

• PPP

• TBL

• CLT

Tick the correct answer(s): In meaning-based approaches ...

• the focus is on correct grammar and vocabulary

• the focus is on communication

• the focus on forms comes after focus on meaning activities

• learners are not thinking about the language they use

Tick the features that characterize tasks

• Focus on grammar and vocabulary

• Focus on meaning and communication

• Learners must repeat after the teacher

• They are related to real-world activities

• There is an outcome (e.g. list, decision, a story, etc.)

Tick the activities that can be considered tasks according to Willis

• Fill in the blanks with the correct word

• Write a survey to find out about X.

• Classify food into healthy and unhealthy

• Make a classroom inventory and decide what else is necessary to make it more comfortable

• Talk about your family for one minute

According to Willis, why should we NOT start lessons by presenting grammar/vocabulary? Tick the reason(s).

• Because it is not interesting for students

• Because they want to use the grammar/vocabulary in the communicative activities and sound unnatural

• Because they will engage in meaning and forget about the grammar/vocabulary that was presented