Evaluating task-based syllabus for EFL learners at Saigon Technology University (STU)

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  • Tuan Trong Luu

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task-based syllabus, task-based instruction, EFL learners, evaluation, Vietnam

Abstract

This research is an evaluation of the effectiveness of task-based syllabus on EFL learners’ language competence at a private university in Vietnam educational context. This research resorts to questionnaire survey, semi-structured interview, and pretest and posttest as instruments for data collection. The research findings revealed that a strength of the current task-based syllabus is the match between lesson topics and students’ expectations. However, the syllabus still created difficulties for students including insufficient vocabulary, unfamiliar structures, and lack of life knowledge. The effect of teaching with task-based syllabus on students’ language performance is also reflected through a significant difference in mean scores between the pretest and the posttest. This research provides an insight into the effectiveness of English teaching through task-based syllabus at a private university in Vietnam setting. It implies to teachers that they need to be sustainable change catalysts for more interesting syllabus for learners. 

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Author Biography

Tuan Trong Luu

Luu Trong Tuan earned MA degree in TESOL from Victoria University, Australia. He is now an EFL teacher at Open University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. His research areas encompass learning styles, cooperative learning, and multiple intelligences.Luu Trong Tuan earned MA degree in TESOL from Victoria University, Australia. He is now an EFL teacher at Open University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. His research areas encompass learning styles, cooperative learning, and multiple intelligences. 

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Published

2014-04-13

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Luu, T. T. (2014). Evaluating task-based syllabus for EFL learners at Saigon Technology University (STU). BELT - Brazilian English Language Teaching Journal, 4(1), 58–85. Retrieved from https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/belt/article/view/13740

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