Chances and Obstacles of Task Base Language Learning and Cooperative Learning in EFL Classrooms. How can the Language Use of these Students be increased?

Term Paper (Advanced seminar) , 2018 , 17 Pages , Grade: 1,7

Didactics for the subject English - Pedagogy, Literature Studies

Nowadays, through the shift towards Communicative Language Teaching (CLT), which appeared in the 1990s, and the approach of Task Base Language Learning (TBLL), which was developed out of CLT, the importance of using the target language in order to acquire it is emphasized.

Although this opinion is very popular, some teachers are not able to increase the Student Talking Time (STT) in their EFL classrooms. Therefore, this paper focuses on the question how the approach of TBLL and the concept of cooperative learning can help the teachers to increase the STT in secondary EFL classrooms and scaffold the acquisition of communicative competence of their students.

In order to do so, this paper first of all explains some important theories regarding second and foreign language acquisition and points out what is meant by the term of communicative competence. After that, this paper offers an overview about the characteristics of TBLL and why this methodology can be used in order to give the students more chances to use the target language in EFL classrooms.

This paper will also discuss the chances and obstacles of group work as one possible method of cooperative learning which can foster oral participation. It will also explain what teachers should consider in order to use this approach efficiently. Before the results are summed up at the end of this paper, a concrete teaching sequence is suggested.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction

2. Research and theories regarding second and foreign language acquisition

3. Communicative competence and strategies

4. The methodology of TBLL: a shift towards communicative language teaching
4.1 What is a task?
4.2 The shifted role of the teachers

5. The concept of group work as an example for cooperative learning in the communicative language teaching
5.1 Chances and obstacles of group work
5.2 The division of students into suitable groups

6. Role plays: a concrete example of communicative group work in EFL classrooms

7. Conclusion

Bibliography

• College: University of Duisburg-Essen
• Course: Hauptseminar
• Grade: 1,7
• Author: Aileen Illing (Author)
• Publication Year: 2018
• Pages: 17
• Catalog Number: V1034443
• ISBN (eBook): 9783346452986
• ISBN (Book): 9783346452993
• Language: English
• Tags: Communicative language teaching, cooperative learning methods