designing a task―based spoken english curriculum

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1、DesigningaTask―basedSpokenEnglishCurriculum　　Somelinguistsregardusingtasksasaneffectivewaytolanguageteaching.Thisarticleaimstopresentthewayofdesigningatask-basedcurriculum.　　Task-basedCurriculum　　（a）Thedefinitionof“task-basedcurriculum”　　Atask-basedcurriculumusestasksasthemainunitsaroundwhichthe

2、courseisorganizedandpresented.Taskisdefinedasapartofclassroomworkwhichinvolveslearnersincomprehending，manipulating，producingorinteractinginthetargetlanguagewhiletheirattentionisprincipallyfocusedonmeaningratherthanform（Nunan，2004）.Morris（1996）pointsoutthatcurriculumdevelopmentincludestheprocesse

3、sthatareusedtodeterminetheneedsofagroupoflearners，todevelopaimsorobjectivesforaprogramtoaddressthoseneeds，todetermineanappropriatesyllabus，coursestructure，teachingmethods，andmaterials，andtocarryoutanevaluationofthelanguageprogramthatresultsfromtheseprocesses.　　Consequently，‘atask-basedcurriculum

4、’isthekindoflearningcurriculumbasedoncommunicativeactivitieswhicharedesignedforlearners’needs.　　（b）Advantagesofusing‘tasks’　　First，tasksembodythepurposethatstudentsarelearninglanguagefor.Inatask-basedlesson，thelessonisbasedaroundthecompletionofacentraltaskandthelanguagestudyisdeterminedbywhathap

5、pensasthestudentscomplete.　　Second，studentshavemuchmorevariedexposuretolanguage.Tasksenablelearnerstointegrateseparateelementsofknowledgeandlanguageskillsintotheiractualcommunicativecompetence.　　Furthermore，tasksprovideacontextforthelearners’naturallearningprocesstooperate.Itwillbedevelopedfroms

6、tudents’experienceswiththelanguagethatispersonalizedandrelevanttothemandstudentswillexplorethelanguagefromtheirneeds.　　Task-basedcurriculumdesign　　Theme：SpokenEnglishclassforjuniormiddleschoolstudents　　Reasonsforchoosingthistopic：　　Communicationisanexchangeofmeaningandunderstanding.Forsuccessful

7、communication，studentsrequiremorethantheformalabilitytopresentwell.Withtheglobalization，callshavebeenmadeforgraduatestobeproficientincommunicationskillssothattheycanfunctioneffectivelyintheacademicandprofessionalsettings.　　I