Task Based Language Teaching (TBLT): Its concept, Framework and Challenges in The English Classroom

Abstract

This article aims to discuss about Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) and its implementation in the language classroom. TBLT is one of the methodologies used in teaching English where the task is an organized activity that involves the students in understanding, using, producing the target language pragmatically based on the real-world context and the outcomes can be corrected by the teachers whether the students have already delivered the content appropriately. It stresses on the meaning rather than the form. In applying TBLT in the classroom, there are three stages need to be done which include pre-task phase, the task cycle and the language focus.