The Effects of Task-Based Teaching on English Speaking of Undergraduate Students Name: Wen-Hsin Chang ID: 9822606

Content Introduction Literature Review Methodology

Background of the study In Taiwan, students have learned English since they studied in elementary school, however, many students are lack of speaking English. That means a lot of learners can’t speak English fluency after they have learned English for many years.

The procedure of teaching speaking is focus on grammar rules There are to much students in one class. Students’ learning attitude are passive. The contents of textbook are inconnection with students’ experience. There are few situation to practice English speaking in students’ life. -Hsu, 2002 hsu in 2002 mention that the reason is a. so that makes students feel anxiety in learning and lower their learning motivation b. students have no opportunities to practice the target language in class c. teachers control the learning situation, topic, even the order of students’ speaking

Presentation, practice and production is a framework that most language teachers are used. In recent years, there have been argument that PPP approaches are inadequate and become less and less powerful. - Kuo,2006 for example, the traditional teaching methods in taiwan are focus on learning grammar rules or repeat after teacher that is not good enough for students’ learning

Durning the past decades, the task-based approach has made a great impact on syllabus design, curriculum and material development, and the language methodology. - Kuo, 2006

A number of studies have shown the relationship between Task-Based Teaching (TBT) and English teaching in Taiwan but, little research has been done on using TBT in undergraduate students.

Purpose of the Study -to explore the relationship between TBT and learners’ speaking achievement -to investigate the relationship between TBT and learners’ learning attitude

Research Questions Is there any relationship between TBT and learners’ speaking achievement? Is there any positive effect on students’ learning attitude?

Literature Review Task-Based Teaching (TBT) Background of Teaching Speaking

What is TBT? TBT is designed to produce learners who can use their English in the real world, outside the classroom, even if that language is grammatically inaccurate. -Diane,2002 in shorts, a task-based approach aims to provide learners with natural context for language use. learners have to work to understand each other and express their own meaning

-Dave Willis & Jane Willis,2007 The most important thing in TBT is the willingness to engage with learners in communication, and to allow learners the freedom to use the language. -Dave Willis & Jane Willis,2007 That means if learners are always controlled, they will never learn to use language freely. so teacher have to let students use English by themselves to communicate with others

-Dave Willis & Jane Willis,2007 TBT promotes learners’ confidence by providing them with plenty of opportunities to use language in the classroom without being constantly afraid of making mistake. -Dave Willis & Jane Willis,2007 in other words. TBT proved the opportunities for students to practice English speaking. once they have a stock of words they can begin to communicate, and once they begin to communicate teachers can help them shape their language so that it becomes more complex and more grammatical.

Background of teaching Speaking For many years, teaching speaking involved providing students with the components of the language, in hopes that they would eventually put them all together and speak. -David, 2003

People supposedly learned to speak by practicing grammatical structures and then later using them in conversation. -David, 2003 so students might spend several semesters to repeat the teacher, studying grammar rules, reciting dialogues, and learning vocabulary. after that students will be asked to speak accuracy English

Methodology Research Procedure Data Collection Data Analysis

Research Procedure

Data Collection RQ1 -> GEPT RQ2 -> Questionnaire for the research question 1, I will use GEPT test to examine the score which students got in pre and post test for the research question 2, I will use the question to examine the change of students’ learning attitude.

Descriptive statistics analysis Data Analysis Descriptive statistics analysis Validity analysis Reliability analysis Pearson Correlation SPSS 17.0