The Role of Task-Based Approach in Teaching Vocabulary

Abstract

The present study was conducted to examine the “Role of Task-Based Approach inTeaching Vocabulary”. The objectives of the study were to find out the effectiveness of task based language teaching in teaching vocabulary and to suggest some pedagogical implications. This study was conducted in Metro Higher Secondary School, New Baneshwor Kathmandu, Nepal. The students of class 9 were taken as the sample of the study. First,I took a pre- test. Then I taught for 28 days using Task-Based Approach. After the completion of teaching, a post- test was administred. The results of both the tests were compared to determine the role of task-based approach in teaching vocabulary.The result showed that task-based approach was effective in teaching vocabulary. This thesis work consists of five chapters. Chapter one consists of introduction of related area of the study. It includes background, statement of the problem, objectives, significance,limitation of the study. Chapter two provides the details of review of related literature and conceptual frame work. Chapter three consists of methods and procedures of the study it includes design, population and sample, sampling producers, data collection and analysis and interpretation of the data. The data were analyzed and interpreted on the basis of the average score in the pre- test and post- test. And last chapter describes summary, conclusion and implication from this research.