期刊名称：The Reading Matrix: an international online journal
印刷版ISSN：1533-242X
出版年度：2007
卷号：7
期号：03
出版社：Reading Matrix, Inc.
摘要：Task-based learning is a popular topic in ELT/EFL circles nowadays. It is accepted by its
proponents as a flourishing method that may replace Communicative Language Learning.
However, it can also be seen as an adventure just because there are almost no experimental
studies to tackle questions concerning applicability of Task-based Learning. In this paper we
try to find out whether or not task-based writing activities have a positive effect upon reading
comprehension in English as a foreign language. An experimental study was conducted in
order to scrutinize implications of Task-based Learning. Two groups of 28 students were
chosen through random cluster sampling. Both groups were given a pre-test and a post-test.
The pre-test and post-test mean scores of the experimental group, which got treatment through
task-based writing activities, were compared with those of the control group, which was
taught English through traditional methods. The effect of the treatment upon reading
comprehension was analyzed through two-way ANOVA. The results provide a theoretical
justification for the claims of the proponents of Task-based Learning.
