Abstract

The primary school English teaching plays an important role in students’ English learning. The New English Curriculum ,which advocates the method of task-based teaching, emphasizes learning by doing and aims to providing opportunities for the students to experiment with oral English and writing. My paper is intended to explore the practical employment of the task-based teaching and learning method through first an analysis of different types of language skills and their interdependence, second an interpretation of the connotations and significance of this method and last a summary of principles governing its practical use reinforced by case studies.

Key words: task based learning; Immersive context; Student-centered ;Open-ended; Student-driven

Contents

Abstract

中文摘要

1.Introduction1

2.The design principles of “task based” teaching activities.1

2.1 The Principle of Immersive Context.2

2.2The Principle of Student-centered Inspiration2

2.3The Principle of Teacher-led and Student-driven Learning Process .2

2.4The Principle of Flexible and Open-ended Tasks.3

2.5 The principle of Headroom for Growth3

2.6 The Principle of Incremental Task Setting3

3.Case studies for the practical use of task-based teaching method.3

3.1 Setting operational tasks and enabling contextual language use3

3.2 Setting fact-finding tasks and enabling real-life language use5

3.3Setting experiential task and enabling individual-specific language use.8

3.4Setting predictive tasks and enabling creative language use8

4.The importance of task design..9

5.Conclusion.11

References.13