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THE BENEFITS OF APPLYING TASK-BASED ACTIVITIES FOR
SECOND LANGUAGE TRAINING
Task-based activities provide numerous benefits for
both ESL learners and ESL
instructors. First, task-based activities enable pupils to improve their ability to
communicate in a second language. According to Willis (1996),
this teaching
strategy boosts learners' confident and independence,
allowing them to achieve
communicative goals. Nunan (2018) discovered that task-based learning help
students actively engage with language
in an authentic context, thereby challenging
them to construct dialogues and turning them into autonomous learners. In addition ,
implementing task-based activities in classrooms serves as useful for ESL teachers
in current language pedagogy (Solares, 2006). A task-based approach, which is
student-centered, is likely to allow teachers to see if
students are developing the
ability to communicate in a second languge. Because of its interactive nature,
students have more opportunities to use English in the classroom in the same way as
they use their native languages daily, allowing teachers to make proper assessments
(Lao & Krashen, 2018).
In conclusion, task-based activities facilitates language
acquisition in term of improving students' communicative
competence and allow
instructors to assess students' second language communication skill.
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Lao, C., & Krashen, S. (2018). Language acquisition without speaking and without
study.
Journal of Bilingual Education Research and Instruction, 16(1), 215–221.
Solares, K. (2006). A critical analysis of task-based learning.
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of Education. 18(3), 19–17.