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==This really is a topic==
For language education professionals, like me, this is very much a topic. It is one of the major developments of Communicative Language Teaching. In terms of Related approaches, at the bottom, Dogme should be deleted. I can't imagine, and I hope my suspicions are wrong, who added this. If anything is related, try webquests and communicative language teaching. <small><span class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:J27325|J27325]] ([[User talk:J27325|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/J27325|contribs]]) 18:26, 11 April 2011 (UTC)</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
== Valid topic ==
Task-based learning is a valid topic and exhibits the difference between teaching theory or teaching grammar and vocabulary to learning by using the language, not just studying the language. You could say it is a subset of the Communicative Approach. The difference is that it is communicating around a specific task, not just communicating about something. For example, a teacher may give the students the task of calling a 1-800 phone number in the USA to ask how much a pair of Nike shoes would cost. The students will need to anticipate the language required for that task and plan how they will use it and then make the call. They are not just sitting around talking about shoes.
Too much teaching is focused on "theory" and not enough on application. This has been discussed extensively but here is an interesting and recent article about it referring to the research: [http://mindhacks.com/2011/10/24/make-study-more-effective-the-easy-way/ Make study more effective, the easy way]
This is also why Dogme does not belong here. The greatest distinction of Dogme is that they are against using course books. In Dogme, a task or no task are just as valid. Sitting around and talking about shoes is just as valid as trying to achieve a task. I agree with the other poster, reasons for the Dogme reference are dubious.
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