Application Of Task-based Language Teaching Strategy In Senior Middle School English Writing

The author applies and improves the task-based teaching model by Willis and in the teaching of English writing in Xinyang No. 2 Experimental Senior Middle School. The writing in the Senior Middle School in three stages: task presenting, task preparing(teaching of knowledge and technology) and task completing. At the task presenting stage teachers help the students to know clearly what the task is in the beginning .The task-preparing stage is the teaching process, during which the students are required to finish the task. At the task completing stage, the students are required to use their knowledge and English in real situation .The difference lies in that language practicing and consolidating is one-step in Xinyang No. 2 Experimental Senior Middle School before task completing, while in Willis' teaching model language focus comes after task completing. The reason for this is in the English writing class, language presenting process is the rewriting of compositions in groups, while the reading of the compositions to the class by the representatives of each group is the language consolidating stage.In the teaching experiment of task-based teaching model in the senior English writing, experimental classes and contrasting classes have pre-test and post test in compositions. It is obvious that the students of experimental classes have improved their English in compositions after the experiment. The students who are in experimental class have active thinking and they can express their opinion with courage and participate in the class teaching with highly enthusiasm .Also they have strong consciousness of cooperation .Although task-based teaching pattern is used in the teaching of English writing , the students' abilities of other aspects also increased.The issue lies in the experiment in Xinyang No. 2 Experimental Senior Middle School .The disconnected relationship between the teaching materials in the text and the present-day life of our society needs further enquiry and solution.