期刊名称：Electronic Journal of Foreign Language Teaching (e-FLT)
电子版ISSN：0219-9874
出版年度：2019
卷号：16
期号：1
页码：1-16
出版社：National University of Singapore
摘要：While task-based language teaching has received considerable attention from both researchers and educational
policy makers, the effective implementation in the classroom is still a matter of question. Thus, this classroombased
research attempts to contribute to the practice of task-based teaching in actual classrooms. It proposes
theme-based role-play as an alternative in developing EFL learners’ communicative competence in task-based
teaching. This study explores student progress (N = 782) in theme-based role-play performances throughout
one academic term – 12 weeks – and examines the impact on student achievement in the final speaking exam.
The findings confirm the hypothesis that students’ performances in theme-based role-play predict the development
of their communicative competence. However, topics and contents of role-play activities, roles of students
and teachers as an individual and a group, and teachers’ provision of support may play key roles in implementation.
