TASK-BASED LEARNING TECHNIQUE: A STRATEGY TO ENHANCE STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILLS AT ESP CONTEXT
Abstract: Speaking skills are
very important. Through mastering these skills, a student is able to
communicate his ideas, feelings, and emotions easily. Besides, nowadays, almost
all job requirements put a strong emphasis on the speaking skills’ mastery to
its candidates. However, the students seemed to have low motivation in learning
it, especially students taking English for Specific Purpose (ESP), such as English
for Front Office. Many factores contributed to this phenomenon. One of them was
the learning atmosphere and the learning activities. When they were not
enjoyable in their learning andthey were not given opportunities to practice
their language, their learning achievement wouldbecome low. When it remained
all the time, they could not achieve the learning goal very well.Therefore,
they needed to be helped. One strategy that could be done was by implementing a
technique which could arouse their motivation. That strategy was task-based
learning technique. It provides the learners with an enjoyable learning
environment and gives students a lot of chances to practice their speaking.
Thus, it can develop to establishing students’ communicative competenceand
provides them a bridge to reach the intended communicative goal. This paper
aims atillustrating how the task-based learning is employed in an ESP
classroomto enhance students’speaking skills at ESP context.
Author: Ni Putu Era
Marsakawatia
Journal Code: jppendidikangg160233
