Abstract

Reading plays a very important role in English learning, but it has always been the weakest part for students in technician colleges. TBLT is a practical teaching method that changed the center of teaching from teachers to students. It not only can arouse students’ interest in learning but also can develop students’ language competence and communication skills. On the basis of TBLT, the author makes research in two classes. Throughout the data analysis of questionnaire and tests scores between two classes, it proves that task-based approach can improve students’ reading scores more than traditional five-step teaching method to some extent.

Key words: TBLT; reading teaching; technician colleges

Contents

Abstract

摘要

1 Introduction1

2 Literature Review.2

  2.1 TBLT2

  2.2 Five-step Teaching Method.2

2.3 Previous Researches Related to the Present Research3  

3 Research Methodology4

3.1 Research Questions4

  3.2 Research Instruments4

  3.2.1 Questionnaire.5

  3.2.2 Tests5

  3.3 Teaching Experiment.6

3.3.1 Application of TBLT in the Experimental Class6

3.3.1.1 Pre-task6

3.3.1.2 Task Cycle.7

3.3.1.3 Language Focus.7

3.3.2 Five-step Teaching Method in the Control Class.8

4 Data Collection and Analysis9

4.1 Data Collection9

4.2 Data Analysis of Questionnaire.9 

4.3 Data Analysis of Tests.17

5 Results and Suggestions18

  5.1Results18 

  5.2 Suggestions.19

  5.2.1 Suggestions for Teachers and Students.19

  5.2.2 Suggestions for Reading Teaching Material.20 

6 Conclusion.20

References21

Appendix I22