PRINCIPLE OF

COMMUNICATIVE TASK
DESIGN
Presented by:
Mega Fariziah Nur Humairoh
Muhammad Viktor Syafii

What is a task?
O a piece of classroom work which has

a sense completeness in its own

right and which involves learners in
comprehending, manipulating,
producing or interacting in the target
language while their attention is
focused on meaning rather than
form.

What are the components of

task?

Example of Communicative Task

Components
(look at the questionnaire in your book)
Component

Example

Goal

Exchanging personal
information

Input

Questionnaire on
sleeping habits

Activity

Reading questionnaire
Asking7Answering
questions about sleeping
habits

Teacher Role

Monitor and facilitator

Learner Role

Conversational partner

Setting

Classroom/ pair work

Task and CLT

O Central to CLT
O There is relationship between the

goal of the curriculum and the

means.

Curriculum Development and

Learning Tasks
O Syllabus refers to the selecting and

grading of content.
O Curriculum more widely refers to all
aspects of planning, implementing,
evaluating and managing an
educational program.

Curriculum Development and

Learning Tasks
O A set of curriculum by Tyler

A linear model of curriculum

development

An integrated approach to
curriculum development

Task Rationale
O Classroom task : real-world or

pedagogical perspective.

Evaluating Task
O As the teachers reflection
O The set of evaluative questions

Thanks a bunch!!

This Presentation adapted

from:
O The compulsory book of Applied

Linguistics : Gunadi H. Sulistyo

O The article of David Nunan : Principle
of Communicative Task Design