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Title | Investigating the feasibility of adopting task-based language teachingin a university setting in Cambodia |
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Issue Date | 2010 |
Publisher | The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) |
Citation | Meas, S.. (2010). Investigating the feasibility of adopting task-based language teaching in a university setting in Cambodia. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.5353/th_b5017698 |
Abstract | As Carless (2007) and Johnson (2001) have pointed out, task-based language teaching (TBLT) has been a subject of immense interest within contemporary English language teaching. However, little is known about TBLT in the context of English as a foreign language such as Cambodia. Recognizing this gap, this study was initiated in order to investigate the feasibility of adopting TBLT in a university setting in Cambodia. The research method for this study involved semi-structured interviews with six university lecturers and a questionnaire survey with 143 third-year students at that same university. It also analyzed the current textbook and some supplementary teaching materials the six teachers used. The study found that a genuine task-based approach was not viable in this particular context due to several such constraints as students’ demands for direct grammar instruction; teachers’ insufficient knowledge of TBLT; teachers’ overriding use of an analytical P-P-P approach; the nature of the textbook; norm-referenced, knowledge-based examinations; etc. Rather, the findings suggested that task-supported language teaching might be more likely to be feasible in this setting. Based on these findings, pedagogic implications and the future research are discussed in the Cambodian context. |
Degree | Master of Education |
Subject | Language and languages - Study and teaching (Higher) - Cambodia. Second language acquisition. Task analysis in education - Cambodia. |
Dept/Program | Education |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/183342 |
HKU Library Item ID | b5017698 |
DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Meas, Sopheak. | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-05-26T06:54:28Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2013-05-26T06:54:28Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2010 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Meas, S.. (2010). Investigating the feasibility of adopting task-based language teaching in a university setting in Cambodia. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.5353/th_b5017698 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/183342 | - |
dc.description.abstract | As Carless (2007) and Johnson (2001) have pointed out, task-based language teaching (TBLT) has been a subject of immense interest within contemporary English language teaching. However, little is known about TBLT in the context of English as a foreign language such as Cambodia. Recognizing this gap, this study was initiated in order to investigate the feasibility of adopting TBLT in a university setting in Cambodia. The research method for this study involved semi-structured interviews with six university lecturers and a questionnaire survey with 143 third-year students at that same university. It also analyzed the current textbook and some supplementary teaching materials the six teachers used. The study found that a genuine task-based approach was not viable in this particular context due to several such constraints as students’ demands for direct grammar instruction; teachers’ insufficient knowledge of TBLT; teachers’ overriding use of an analytical P-P-P approach; the nature of the textbook; norm-referenced, knowledge-based examinations; etc. Rather, the findings suggested that task-supported language teaching might be more likely to be feasible in this setting. Based on these findings, pedagogic implications and the future research are discussed in the Cambodian context. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | HKU Theses Online (HKUTO) | - |
dc.rights | The author retains all proprietary rights, (such as patent rights) and the right to use in future works. | - |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
dc.source.uri | http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B50176985 | - |
dc.subject.lcsh | Language and languages - Study and teaching (Higher) - Cambodia. | - |
dc.subject.lcsh | Second language acquisition. | - |
dc.subject.lcsh | Task analysis in education - Cambodia. | - |
dc.title | Investigating the feasibility of adopting task-based language teachingin a university setting in Cambodia | - |
dc.type | PG_Thesis | - |
dc.identifier.hkul | b5017698 | - |
dc.description.thesisname | Master of Education | - |
dc.description.thesislevel | Master | - |
dc.description.thesisdiscipline | Education | - |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.5353/th_b5017698 | - |
dc.date.hkucongregation | 2010 | - |
dc.identifier.mmsid | 991034500179703414 | - |