Maria Septa Rahayu Pitaloka

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Summary of Chapter 1

1. Task-based teaching is one of language teaching approach that brings real-life context into
the classroom discussion. TBT is different with other language teaching method because
learners are given an opportunity to implement and experience real language use in the
classroom.
2. In TBT, there are two focusing points to learn, they are:
1. Form: PPP (Presentation-Practice-Production)
Focusing one or two forms
Learners controlled by the teacher
Learners can produce the target form

2. Meaning: Learners can use the language freely

Teacher does not control learners’ language producing
Accuracy is not everything

3. Therefore, both meaning-focused and form focused are important to be used in task-based
teaching. As a teacher, we need to balance the use of those focuses.

4. Teacher can create meaningful activities for learners by doing those following steps:
- Design task activities before the lesson.
- Introduce meaningful topic.
- Learners’ opinion survey.
- Discussion (in pair or group and then whole class discussion).

5. A task should facilitate language teaching as well. It should be engaging, meaning as

primary, accomplished, there is an outcome, and relate to real-world communication.

6. Focuses on form should come after focused on meaning. If a lesson start with grammar,
there will be some problems occur during the learning process:
- Make learners hesitant to talk because they afraid to make mistake.
- The discussion will be halting and stilted
- Producing unnatural language.
- There is no focus on meaning, they tend producing sentences.