Implementing Task-Based Language Teaching to Integrate Language Skills in an EFL Program at a Colombian University
This article reports the findings of a qualitative research study conducted with six first semester students of an English as a foreign language program in a public university in Colombia. The aim of the study was to implement task-based language teaching as a way to integrate language skills and he...
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Universidad Nacional de Colombia
2016-07-01
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| description | This article reports the findings of a qualitative research study conducted with six first semester students of an English as a foreign language program in a public university in Colombia. The aim of the study was to implement task-based language teaching as a way to integrate language skills and help learners to improve their communicative competence in English. The results suggest that the implementation of task-based language teaching facilitated the integration of the four skills in the English as a foreign language context. Furthermore, tasks were meaningful and integrated different reading, writing, listening, and speaking exercises that enhanced students’ communicative competences and interaction. It can be concluded that task-based language teaching is a good approach to be used in the promotion of skills integration and language competences. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-cc8bbded32bb4306a4480ab91c4e28db2025-08-20T03:19:31ZengUniversidad Nacional de ColombiaProfile: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development1657-07902016-07-011821327Implementing Task-Based Language Teaching to Integrate Language Skills in an EFL Program at a Colombian UniversityEulices Córdoba Zúñiga0Universidad de la AmazoniaThis article reports the findings of a qualitative research study conducted with six first semester students of an English as a foreign language program in a public university in Colombia. The aim of the study was to implement task-based language teaching as a way to integrate language skills and help learners to improve their communicative competence in English. The results suggest that the implementation of task-based language teaching facilitated the integration of the four skills in the English as a foreign language context. Furthermore, tasks were meaningful and integrated different reading, writing, listening, and speaking exercises that enhanced students’ communicative competences and interaction. It can be concluded that task-based language teaching is a good approach to be used in the promotion of skills integration and language competences.http://www.revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/49754Integrationlanguage skillstask and communicative competencetask-based language teaching |
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| title | Implementing Task-Based Language Teaching to Integrate Language Skills in an EFL Program at a Colombian University |
| title_full | Implementing Task-Based Language Teaching to Integrate Language Skills in an EFL Program at a Colombian University |
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| title_short | Implementing Task-Based Language Teaching to Integrate Language Skills in an EFL Program at a Colombian University |
| title_sort | implementing task based language teaching to integrate language skills in an efl program at a colombian university |
| topic | Integration language skills task and communicative competence task-based language teaching |
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