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Diversifying Tasks In The English Language Classroom

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dc.contributor.authorRamiaida Darmien_US
dc.contributor.authorFariza Puteh Behaken_US
dc.contributor.authorYuslina Mohameden_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-27T14:52:46Z
dc.date.available2024-05-27T14:52:46Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractThe use of tasks in the language classroom has been one of the current trends in language teaching. According to Edwards and Willis (2005), task-based language teaching (TBLT) provides contexts for activating learner acquisition processes and promotes second language (L2) learning. This paper reports a study that explores a diverse use of tasks in the English language classroom. The aim of the paper is to describe a task designed for low proficiency L2 learners’, and to explore learners’ task performance and their use of the L2 in the tasks. The study took place in a tertiary setting in Malaysia, and involved fourteen L2 learners. The task was designed based on Cummins’ (1981) framework, which focuses on the role of context and cognitive demands in language development. Learners’ worked in pairs, and were observed in the classroom. Each pair of learners’ discussions was audio-recorded, which were later analysed for their L2 use. Results indicated that learners’ L2 use increased when contextual support is high and cognitive demands is low. This suggests that designing tasks with higher order thinking is a challenge for teachers especially when it involves tertiary learners and requires learners to communicate more in their L2.en_US
dc.identifier.citationASIAN TEFL Vol. 1 No.1, 2016 www.asian-tefl.com e-ISSN: 2503-2569, p-ISSN: 2527-5038 doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.21462/asiantefl.v1i1.2en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.21462/asiantefl.v1i1.2
dc.identifier.epage37
dc.identifier.issn2503-2569
dc.identifier.issue1
dc.identifier.other426-10
dc.identifier.spage27
dc.identifier.urihttps://asian-tefl.com/index.php/asiantefl/article/view/2
dc.identifier.urihttps://oarep.usim.edu.my/handle/123456789/3896
dc.identifier.volume1
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherLecturer Association of Linguistics, Language Teaching, and Literature Studies in Indonesiaen_US
dc.relation.ispartofASIAN TEFL: Journal of Language Teaching and Applied Linguisticsen_US
dc.subjectTask-based language teaching,en_US
dc.subjectlanguage acquisition,en_US
dc.subjectcontextual support,en_US
dc.subjectcognitive demandsen_US
dc.titleDiversifying Tasks In The English Language Classroomen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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