Teacher-Students’ Interactions in Task-Based vs Form-Focused Instruction

Abstract

Teacher-students' and students-students' interactions are of significant importance in foreign language teaching and learning. It is argued that interactions between teachers and students facilitate language development and lead to better language learning. The present study is an attempt to investigate the effect of two teaching approaches: 1. Task-Based Instruction (TBI) and 2. Form-Focused Instruction (FFI) on the quantity and quality of teacher-students' interactions reflected in the number of occurrences of turn taking, question type, feedback and errors correction. Two groups of intermediate-level learners were selected as the participants of this study. One group was instructed by Form-Focused Instruction (FFI) approach and the other class was instructed by Task-Based Instruction (TBI) approach. Results of the statistical analysis of the collected data revealed that FFI approach led to the occurrence of more teacher-students' interactions than TBI approach. The pedagogical implications are discussed.

The Importance of Teacher – Students Interaction in Communicative Language Teaching (Clt)

“…In this section, the writer would like to elaborate numerous opinions from the experts regarding to the emphasis of the importance of teacher -students interaction in CLT classroom. Rahimpour & Magsoudpour (2011) claim that teacher-students' and students-students' interactions play significant role in foreign language development. Interactions between teachers and students and also interactions among students will facilitate language development and will lead to better language learning.…”

The Impact of Extensive and Intensive Focus on Form Strategies on EFL Learners’ Oral Accuracy

“…Taking these challenges into account, (including instruction) that may contribute to this development is a worthwhile goal. In the context of classroom instruction, several studies suggest that explicit instruction promotes development (Ellis, 1999(Ellis, , 2003(Ellis, , 2004(Ellis, , 2005(Ellis, , 2008Rahimpour, 2001;Rahimpour and Salimi, 2010;Farrokhi and Rahimpour, 2011;Rahimpour and Maghsoudpour, 2011). This instruction can be implanted within Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) as focus on form.…”

“…Some studies have been carried out on the effectiveness of corrective feedback in form of focus on form on L2 learners' accuracy. Rahimpour and Maghsoudpour (2011) studied the effect of form-focused instruction and task-based instruction on L2 learners' interaction and language development. The results of the study revealed that FFI group outperformed TBI group in terms of interaction.…”

Implementing Task-Based Language Teaching to Integrate Language Skills in an EFL Program at a Colombian University

“…In addition, Willis (1996) remarks that this phase encourages learners to automatize their production, make decisions on the results of the task, and evaluate which plan to follow to guarantee progress in the language. Finally, Rahimpour andMagsoudpour (2011) andLong (1985) indicated that this process is necessary for the learners because it is the opportunity to reflect upon what they have done.…”