Task-Based Language Teaching and its application in teaching “Business Vietnamese”

Abstract

The field of language teaching has undergone many shifts and trends with various approaches and methods invented. Recently, there has been a widespread interest in taskbased approach. The aim of the paper is to provide an overview of Task-Based Language Teaching, highlighting its advantages and possibility to apply the approach in teaching Business Vietnamese. The first four parts of the paper in turn present the definition of the term “tasks”, the framework for Task-Based Language Teaching and the role of teachers in Task-Based Language Teaching, as well as some tips for applying this approach. The following one introduces the application of Task-Based Language Teaching to teaching Business Vietnamese at the Faculty of Vietnamese Studies, University of Social Sciences and Humanties, Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City. An example of how to design tasks for the course is also included. The paper ends with some recommendations for further research on the application of Task-Based Language Teaching in teaching Business Vietnamese.