Examining the Effect of Task-Based Language Teaching on University Business Students in Bangkok

Autor: Matthew Rudd
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: IJEE (Indonesian Journal of English Education), Vol 6, Iss 1, Pp 30-47 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2356-1777
2443-0390
DOI: 10.15408/ijee.v6i1.11564
Popis: ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to introduce Task-Based Language Teaching in a bid to energise stagnant English language performances among second-year business students (N = 81), studying a private university in the peripheral areas of Bangkok. Students followed a TBLT learning environment for one semester (16 weeks), and subsequent end-of-term performances were compared with prior attainments achieved under tradition forms of instruction using t-tests (0.05). Overall, TBTL proved to positively influence performance outcomes when compared to the traditional method (TBLT: 60.9 = Grade C+; TRAD: 54.93 = Grade C; p [0.0195] = sig
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