Task- based
instruction:
Based instruction is different from
other more traditional methods of language teaching. Lessons are constructed
according to the language required to
perform specific tasks structures and vocabulary.
Ramirez 1995 recommends four major
points to consider during the planning stage.
1. The purpose of the task (e.g., find the main
idea in a story or practice a certain grammatical feature)
2. The content of the task (e.g skills needed to make a phone call or go shopping).
3. How the task is accomplished (e.g, recall and
or transfer of previously learned information or skills )
4. Location where the task(in class, outside class
or at home for homework)
Advantages
Suitable for all ages and backgrounds,
especially young learners.
It can be used to teach content as
well as language, can be combined with more traditional teaching methods. Can
provide motivation due to tasks being relevant and immediate, and can be a
useful method for students who don t do well in more traditional types of
classroom learning or where teachers have little autonomy over their lesson planning.
Disadvantages
A major one is that TBI requires a
high level of creativity and initiative on the part of the teacher 20 their disadvantages
are that students may prefer more traditional types of teaching TBI relies
heavily on student motivation and commitment. Students who are used to a teacher- fronted classroom with
little interaction on their part, might feel uncomfortable, and even unwilling
to take some of the language risks involved in completing the tasks, especially
if the tasks occur outside the classroom. Another difficulty is that teachers
will probably find evaluating students performance in TBI challenging unless a
specific rubric for assessment is created.
Text Book
Assignment
Books are an important part of
education. Although some educational reformers have raised questions about
reformers have raised questions about the necessity of textbooks in classrooms.
In fact, There is a movement in some places to eliminate texts altogether. It’s
true that many books are expensive and sometimes contain inaccurate
information. Nevertheless, textbooks are important tools for all teachers to
use as reference and teaching material.
Class sets
Some schools do not have enough texts
to provide each student with a copy to take home. This often happens at the end
of a textbook ordering cycle.
Problem
Managing class sets cam be a nightmare
if you do not have a good system in place. This is because books have a
tendency to walk out of the classroom with students. Rather than return the
books they’re using, many students simply forget and put them into their
backpacks through habit. Therefore, you should create a system to handle assigning
class sets to students.
Solving
One method you can use is to assign
assign a book to each desk (as opposed to each student). It’s easy to visually
check at the end of each class to make sure all the books are there. Another
method is to have the textbooks assigned to the students in the class. Each
student has an in class textbook card. You could house the books on a bookshelf
convenient to the students. And they would be responsible for getting their
book before the period starts. The students would then be responsible for replacing
the books at the end of class.
Students Without
Textbooks
On some days at least some of your
students will forget to bring their textbooks to class if your lesson requires
the students to refer to or read from their
textbooks, you will have a problem on your hands. Your three options are
Not allowing participation without the
required textbook.
Allowing students to share their textbooks
with others
Allowing them to check out a textbook for the
day
Checking out
other book
