TASK-BASED LANGUAGE TEACHING AS A SUITABLE DIDACTIC METHOD FOR THE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF SECOND AND FOREIGN LANGUAGES

Abstract

This research seeks to highlight that Task-Based Language Teaching is a suitable didactic method for

the teaching and learning of second and foreign languages. The development and implementation

of a teaching module for Spanish as a foreign language, in the face to face environment, is

contemplated. The primary objective is to portray how methodological principles from Task-Based

Language Teaching can be combined effectively in designing activities for face to face contexts.

In this regard, empirical evidence is analysed in order to determine the effectiveness of the mixed

methodology in the teaching-learning of Spanish as a foreign language, in the said settings, in a

study based on a longitudinal experimental design with pre-test and post-test, but without control

group. The results show an increase in the acquisition of specific knowledge in Spanish as a Foreign

Language, thus improving the students’ linguistic and communicative competence.