THE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF TASK BASED LEARNING (TBL) APPROACH

Task based l anguage learning approach aimed at developing the cognitive as well as the communicative skills of language learners and so the language teachers, researchers, textbook writers and course designers welcomed the approach as cognitive skills play a vital rol e in today’s competitive environment. In order to cater to the demand of the day the text book publishers started labelling text books as task based. Syllabus designers started claiming that their syllabus is based on task based learning, though some of th em are not aware of the difference between task - supported learning and task based learning. The present paper seeks to study and present the strengths and weaknesses of Task based learning approach. The factors that contributed to the task based revolutio n and the different types of tasks that are used in a language classroom are also discussed.