Effectiveness of Task- Based Language Teaching in Reading Skill

Abstract

This research aimed at finding out the effectiveness of task-based Language Teaching in reading skill in Nepal. The researcher conducted to determine The Effectiveness of Task-based Language Teaching in Reading Skill. The test items were developed for the collection of data. The researcher collected data from the sample population of sixty students of grade ten of a government school, Shree Bhawani Higher Secondary School, 18 Saya Khola, Manbu, Gorkha. A pre-test was given in the beginning. Then two groups (Experimental and Control) were made from their odd and even numbers after pre-test. The students of Experimental Group were taught for twenty-eight lessons using Task-based in their reading skill. The students of control group were taught in usual way of teaching. After the experiment, a post-test was administered with the same set of test items on two groups. The average score of all the test items were calculated. The results of the tests were compared to find out the effectiveness of task-based language teaching from the learning achievement. It was found that task-based teaching was more effective than usual classroom teaching for reading skill of class ten students since the experimental group had more average score increasement than that of the control group. This thesis consists of four chapters. Chapter one is an introductory part which includes general background, objectives of the study, review of the related literature and significance of the study. Chapter two includes the methodology adopted to complete the research. It particularly contains the sources of data, sampling procedures, tools and process of data collection and limitations of the study. Chapter three includes the analysis and the interpretation of the data. Chapter four consists findings and recommendations of the study based on the analysis and interpretation of the data. This chapter is followed by the references and appendices.