2007년 4월 22일 일요일

relfection (ch.6)

This chapter reminded me of a lecture by Jinhwa Lee in University of Hawaii. That lecture was about task-based language teaching and i was so impressed by her well summarized explaination; then, I could have a grasp of task based language teaching, and a task syllabus as well at that time.

I remember that tasks themselves should be the unit of language teaching and everything esle shoud be subsidiary. I thought TBLT and task syllabus were very fascinating since students can acquire appropriate target language when they focus on their tasks, and it's like a vehicle. Also, task syllabus is good as ESP since that is based on learners' needs.
Jinhwa Lee showed us some samples of tasks that can be used in the classroom. One thing that i remember was a task that students should order the pizza they want using a given brochure. In order to do that task, learners can get some knowledge, including some vacabularies related to pizza (various toppings, size, etc.) and sentences for ordering or requesting or asking.
Learners would be likely to enjoy doing tasks and they can also learn at the same time.
Isn't it a really efficient and effective way to deliver knowledge and language? ^^