Implementing Task-Based Language Teaching to Integrate Language Skills in an EFL Program at a Colombian University
This article reports the findings of a qualitative research study conducted with six first semester students of an English as a foreign language program in a public university in Colombia. The aim of the study was to implement task-based language teaching as a way to integrate language skills and he...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2016 |
| País: | Colombia |
| Recursos: | Universidad Nacional de Colombia |
| Repositorio: | Repositorio UN |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositorio.unal.edu.co:unal/66916 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/handle/unal/66916 http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/67944/ |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | 37 Educación / Education 8 Literatura y retórica / Literature Integration language skills task and communicative competence task-based language teaching enseñanza de lengua basada en tareas habilidades del lenguaje integración tareas y competencias comunicativas |
| Resumo: | This article reports the findings of a qualitative research study conducted with six first semester students of an English as a foreign language program in a public university in Colombia. The aim of the study was to implement task-based language teaching as a way to integrate language skills and help learners to improve their communicative competence in English. The results suggest that the implementation of task-based language teaching facilitated the integration of the four skills in the English as a foreign language context. Furthermore, tasks were meaningful and integrated different reading, writing, listening, and speaking exercises that enhanced students’ communicative competences and interaction. It can be concluded that task-based language teaching is a good approach to be used in the promotion of skills integration and language competences. |
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