GROUP DISCUSSION AS COMMUNICATIVE TASK IN THE PRACTICE OF TBLT METHOD

Abstract

The implementation of the task-based language teaching (TBLT) method that focuses on real-life practice and communication could be challenging to apply. Pre-service EFL teachers who study this method should have to understand this method in order to apply it for learning activity. This situation led the pre-service EFL teacher to practice doing the activity, which indicates the objective of the TBLT method. Therefore, this study examined how the TBLT method of communicative tasks using group discussion impacts students' communicative activity. In investigating this topic, the researcher used an exploratory case study. The data were collected by using observation and a questionnaire, due to enclosing the teacher's perception in supporting the observation result. Then the data were analyzed by using thematic analysis. The researcher found that communicative tasks in the TBLT method using group discussion had a good impact on students communication. The activity forces students to finish their task by interacting with their friends in group discussion activity. For further research, the researcher suggests including students' perceptions in completing the finding not only from the teacher's point of view but also from the students' side.