The Effectiveness of Speaking Instruction through Task-Based Language Teaching - An Experimental Study

Abstract

A number of approaches to second language teaching has been projected since the nineteenth century. In spite of these changes within the background of second language teaching task-based language teaching (TBLT) remains to be a prevailing approach in language classrooms. However, several English language teachers be deficient in full awareness on what TBLT is and the way it is expeditiously implemented in their individual classrooms considerably in Asian classrooms that uses the most current language teaching and learning. An experimental study had been conducted to find out the effectiveness of Task Based Approach in teaching oral communication skills to college students. Based on the prescribed text book task based platform was constructed to teach for the first year students. An oral performance test attended by an assessment heading was administered. Fifty students were taken for the study and they were divided into two groups. Twenty five students representing the experimental group planned two units exploiting the task based program while twenty five students signifying the control group studied the same units following the Teacher’s instruction. Data were analyzed and Results exposed that there were statistically substantial differences found between the control and the experimental group. These results supports to utilize task based learning in teaching English as a second language Improvements.