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Task- based learning checklist

Pre

task

Task

Introduction to the topic,understanding the themeand objective of the task,

not pre- teaching.Highlighting useful words

or phrases.

The task is done by students

and it gives them the chancesto think and say what theywant. Teacher monitors,

supports and help students, healso motivates students and

help them to formulate things.

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Planning

Report

Post tasklistening

Prepares students to report how theyperformed the task while the

teacher goes around polishing their

work and giving suggestions tocorrect their language.

Students report briefly to compare

findings, the teacher give commentsand rephrases things but gives not

overt public correction.

Students listen to a recording offluent speakers doing the sametask, and compare the ways in

which they did the task

themselves.

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Languagefocus

Analysis

Practice

Teacher set some language-focused task, based on the texts

students have read or on the

transcripts of the recordingthey have heard.

Teacher starts analyzing the languagebased on what he have already set in thelanguage focus stage and then students

continue with the analysis. Teacher reviewsthe analysis and possibly write somerelevant language in the board to take

advantage of it.

Teacher conducts practice exercises basedon the language analysis. These activities

can involve:Choral repetition

Sentence completionDictionary reference work

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Follow- up

Students could repeat the same

oral task but with differentpartners, go back through thetask material and write downnew language they noticed or

discuss how they felt about thetask.

Adapted from Willis, J. 1996.