Task-Based Language Learning. An EFL Textbook Case

Seminar paper from the year 2019 in the subject Didactics - Common Didactics, Educational Objectives, Methods, grade: 2.7, University of Duisburg-Essen, language: English, abstract: EFL teaching methods have changed drastically in recent decades. While straight forward frontal instruction mainly focused on grammar was the former standard, today a more flexible and task-based approach is needed. This essay analyzes a sixth-grade textbook regarding its use of task-based language learning according to the framework designed by Jane Willis. Lastly, the practicability of the textbook when used in an actual classroom will be dicussed.