Effect of Task-Based English Language Teaching Approach on Students' Performance at Elementary Level

Abstract

The task-based Language Teaching (TBLT) approach has consistently maintained its prominence among the various methods employed in language instruction. Hence, the existing investigation examined the effect of Task-Based English Language Teaching (TBLT) on students' performance at the elementary level. The research was an experimental and used quasi-experimental research design. The study's population was all male and female students of grade 8^th in District Jhelum. A sample of 120 students was selected from four intact sections through the purposive sampling method, with two sections serving as control groups and the other two as experimental groups. These sections were drawn from Class 8 of Govt. Boys Elementary School Kot Mangle Sane, Khewra, and Government Girls Elementary School Islam Gunj, Khewra. Data were collected through researcher-validated and reliable tests by administering pre-tests and post-tests to the control and experimental groups. Based on statistical outcomes, this investigation discovered significant improvements in students' performance in terms of English reading, writing, speaking and listening skills in the scores of experimental group related to both male and female students. Thus, it has been concluded that task-based English language teaching had significant effects on students' performance.