Effects of Task-based Language Teaching Approach on EFL Students’ Oral Performance-- Tested by Ismart Application

Journal: Region - Educational Research and Reviews DOI: 10.32629/rerr.v6i12.2997

Xinran Wang

College of Foreign Languages, North China University of Science and Technology

Abstract

This study investigates the impact of task-based speaking activities on non-English major students and evaluates their perceptions regarding the usefulness of such activities. This study involved fifty-eight non-English major students enrolled in the second course of General College English. Pre-test and post-test assessments were utilized to evaluate participants’ oral proficiency, while a questionnaire gauged the experimental group’s attitudes toward task-based speaking activities. Results indicate that students in the experimental group exhibited greater improvement in oral proficiency compared to those in the control group, who received traditional instruction.

Keywords

task-based language teaching approach, speaking activities, oral performance

Funding

The partially achievement of the project “The Effect of TBLT on College English Course Oral Teaching Via Ismart Platform”. (ZL2415)

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