The task-based method to teach basic english vocabulary to tenth-grade students at unidad educativa UPSE, school year 2021-2022

Abstract

This project was developed to teach English vocabulary to fifty tenth-grade students at Unidad Educativa “UPSE”, school year 2021-2022. The main goal of this study was to create a Didactic Guide based on the Task-Based method through which students could learn new English words. To achieve this objective, during this study, different tools were applied. With the qualitative method, interview, and class observation, took place to obtain data about the students’ learning process. With the quantitative method, questionnaires, and surveys applied to the pupils, it was possible to establish that the students had a poor knowledge of vocabulary. With all this information in hand, a proposal was designed to cover the students’ needs, and with the benefit of the Task-Based method activities, it was possible to build a custom Didactic Guide for the 10th grade students, always having in mind their most liked activities to perform during English lessons. This guide will become a very useful tool for the teacher to provide the students with a differently interesting method that can include every one of them during the development of each lesson while practicing and improving all the four language skills required to obtain the English proficiency.