Pedagogical Task Essay

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According to Gardener and Miller (as cited in Ellis, 2003) pedagogic classification of tasks contains any tasks centered around the traditional four language skills (reading, writing, listening, speaking), two areas of linguistics knowledge (vocabulary and grammar), and paralinguistics.
Richards (2001, p. 162) distinguishes pedagogical tasks and real world tasks from each other and states that "Pedagogical tasks are based on second language acquisition theories and designed to trigger second language learning processes and strategies". In this regard Long (1989) believes they are intended to act as a 'bridge' and prepare learners for real world language use. Real-world tasks in terms of Richards (2001, p. 162) "are designed to practice those …show more content…

Matching to identify specific points and relate them to each other.
2. Finding similarities and things in common.
3. Finding differences.
Problem solving: These tasks ask learners to give offer or recommendations on problems ranging from very general to very specific (Willis & Willis, 2007). It may include a wide range of discussion and opportunity for further writing activities.
Sharing personal experiences: In performing these tasks, learners talk about their personal experiences such a terrible journey with others. The interaction that happens here is similar to casual, social conversation because it is not so directly goal oriented as in other tasks (Willis, 1996).
Project and creative tasks: Projects are normally done collaboratively but can be done individually too. They need more time to be accomplished. Learners are involved in some kind of creative work. The task may require out of class research, they have several stages, and involve a combination of task types (Willis, 1996).

2.1.1.5.2. Rhetorical Classification In the words of Ellis (2003), different kinds of discourse and their structures (narrative, instructions, reports, etc.) can be drawn on to categorize various tasks. Ellis (2003) states that mentioned category of tasks is suitable for language courses for academic purposes or specific language functions (ESP). It can be tailored to the learner's specific domains they need to

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