Speakers
Description
Learning and teaching for the IELTS test have become prevalent for Vietnamese high school students in recent years as it can be utilized as one of the admission criteria for domestic and oversea universities. The test focuses on real world communication ability in four key skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. Among these skills, Vietnamese students tend to get the lowest score in speaking. On the other hand, Task-based Language Teaching (TBLT) is an approach which emphasizes learning language by performing authentic communicative tasks in the target language. This study aims to explore teachers and students' perspectives towards the use of TBLT and factors affecting its implementation in Ielts Listening - Speaking classes. The research was conducted through classroom observations and semi-structured interviews with one teacher and three students. The research revealed positive attitudes about TBLT, and in particular, a noticeable improvement in fluency was acknowledged by the participants. Finally, the implications of the findings were discussed in light of the suitability of a task-based approach in teaching Speaking for the IELTS test.
