Task-based language teaching: What every EFL teacher should do

Abstract

This paper aims at presenting background of task-based language teaching, giving a definition of a task, describing three main approaches to task-based language teaching, specifying basic characteristics of task-based language teaching, highlighting the role of task-based language teaching as a powerful approach for maximizing language learning and teaching, expounding benefits and challenges of task-based language teaching as well as teacher and learner roles in TBLT and making recommendations for language teachers regarding how to implement task-based pedagogy effectively.