DESIGNING FINAL TASKS AND ACQUIRING THE COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE WITH THE TASK-ORIENTED APPROACH IN THE BUSINESS ENGLISH CLASSROOM
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Abstract. In recent times, task-oriented teaching has been revealing an inspiring area of researching wisely conceptualized methodology that encourages all students’ participation in class to communicate and interact, using the target language over a previously developed set of tasks, oriented around a major communicative goal. How can teachers determine communicative objectives and later structure them in a framework of consecutive activities for developing a lesson plan, based on a final communicative task?
This paper highlights the challenges that task-oriented teaching faces in order to identify students’ real world language needs and to choose appropriate real world tasks for acquiring the language communicative competence in class. In addition, task-based instruction contributes immensely in achieving confidence for speaking and fluency on the target language, which is an essential aim for both learners and teachers.
Key words: task-oriented approach; language communicative competence
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