A Review of Studies on Task-based Language Teaching

Abstract

In the 1980s, a new teaching method - Task-based Language Teaching - gradually emerged in the field of Western education. Task-based Language Teaching is a practical teaching method that involves specific communication and language tasks throughout the teaching process. It has specific content and is easy to operate, making it a very popular educational method in the current education circles. This article is a review paper that summarizes the definitions and classifications of tasks in Task-based Language Teaching by reviewing different well-known scholars previous research on Task-based Language Teaching. It lists two models proposed by Willis and Ellis for implementing Task-based Language Teaching. This article also takes three predecessors research on the application of this teaching method in actual English classrooms as an example to illustrate its effectiveness in a practical environment. The article also analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of Task-based Language Teaching, and summarizes how teachers can design tasks to avoid various drawbacks of Task-based Language Teaching and improve teaching efficiency when using it.