2009•Journal of Tangshan Vocational & Technical CollegeRequires access

A preliminary Study on the Feasibility and the Design Principles of Task-based English Teaching in Higher Vocational Colleges

Jianjun Wang

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As a meaning-focused teaching method, task-based language pedagogy is an effective way to cultivate students' comprehensive competence to use English, which aims at fulfilling language communicative tasks. The application of task -based language pedagogy in English teaching in higher vocational education is an ideal alternative to serve the aim of talent cultivation. This paper mainly explores the penetration of task-based teaching concept in English language teaching and the feasibility and the design principles of task-based English teaching in higher vocational colleges.

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Key concepts: Vocational education, Task (project management), Mathematics education, Language education, English language, Competence (human resources), Pedagogy, Communicative language teaching