TBL

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TBL

Task Based Learning

What do you think TBL entails?

1. The students translate texts
2. The students learn through a variety of tasks
3. The students learn through gestures and pointing
4. trucker based language

TBL

Recap

-authentic language  

-meaningful tasks

- strong form clt

-fluency over accuracy

Recap

1. Information-gap Task    
2. Opinion-gap Task
3. Reasoning-gap Task 
4. Unfocused Tasks
5. Focused Tasks
6. Focused Tasks
7. Input-providing Tasks
8. Output-prompting Tasks

History

-Bangalore

-1980s

-N. Prabhu

Why?

- It was discovered that students could learn language trough non-linguistic problems(tasks), just as well as when they were focusing on linguistic problems

- Moves the focus of the learning proces from the teacher to the student

Demonstration: Task Based Learning

- MBO school

- The students can write a formal email about planning an event

MBO hospitality

Planning an event

1. Copy and hand out flash cards of daily and weekly routines

2. The students can cut out the flash cards

3. Divide the class into two parts(later they will ask each other about their

daily and weekly routines) 

Writing a letter

you are going to write a formal letter back to someone asking you to plan an event

1. Copy and hand out flash cards of daily and weekly routines

2. The students can cut out the flash cards

3. Divide the class into two parts(later they will ask each other about their

daily and weekly routines) 

Writing a letter

- Formal vocabulary

- Fill in the work sheet

1. Copy and hand out flash cards of daily and weekly routines

2. The students can cut out the flash cards

3. Divide the class into two parts(later they will ask each other about their

daily and weekly routines) 

Writing a letter

-groups of 4:

1 time keeper - watches the time

2 recording secretary- writes the letter

3 group leader- makes sure everybody is participating

4 peace keeper- tries to prevent infighting

1. Copy and hand out flash cards of daily and weekly routines

2. The students can cut out the flash cards

3. Divide the class into two parts(later they will ask each other about their

daily and weekly routines) 

Writing a letter

- Rob de Nijs, send you an email asking you to plan a concert for him

• He wants a spacious location
• Open air
• Location that houses sanitary facilities
• A big stage
• Security company

Writing a letter

- Use formal language in your letters!!(you can  refer back to the work sheet you made) 

- Work together to figure out what you want to put in your letter, you can look up information

 

Analysis

- very similar to CLT

- Information gap- focused- output

- prepares for the real world

- teachers were monitoring

Analysis

The principles we used:

1. We have used goals that have a clear outcome.

2. Our role as a teacher was to create the tasks and to monitor the students during their tasks.

3. We have introduced language in our pre-task and we have chosen information that is relevant and meaningful for the students.

4. We as teachers have provided input during the pre-task and have set up the task and students work together to make an end product possible.

5. Students are motivated by doing tasks that prepare them for the real world.

6. Language is used for communicating and for things like writing and reading.

7. Mostly the dimension of language is emphasized, but any of the four skills can be utilized.

8. There is no explicit use of the students' native language.

9. The students constantly get evaluated with task outcomes and language use.

10. We have corrected student errors by focussing on grammar explanations or recasts and modelling.

Feedback

Debate

- 3 groups

1. Copy and hand out flash cards of daily and weekly routines

2. The students can cut out the flash cards

3. Divide the class into two parts(later they will ask each other about their

daily and weekly routines) 

Debate Topics

 What target groups do you think would be suitable for the TBL classroom.

 Would you like to try out this method? Why?

 What do you think the biggest advantage/disadvantages are when it comes to TBL?

 Which Techniques would you use on a regular basis?

 TBL does not focus enough on grammar and vocabulary.

 TBL encourages students to use the target language actively and meaningfully.

 Activities in which language is used for carrying out meaningful tasks promote learning.

 Activities that involve real communication are not essential for language learning.

1. Copy and hand out flash cards of daily and weekly routines

2. The students can cut out the flash cards

3. Divide the class into two parts(later they will ask each other about their

daily and weekly routines)