Design, production, application and analysis of task-based teaching material for beginner hospitality students at the university of Cuenca

Abstract

Design, Production, Application and Analysis of Task-Based teaching material is the focus of this research work. This topic emerged from the factual statement that there isn´t material to suit students´ expectations on language acquisition in the career students are pursuing at the School of Hospitality at a University located in Cuenca – Ecuador. The various texts used in English classes come from other countries developed by expert linguists, but focused on culture, customs and traditions from other places. This research work is aimed on designing, producing, applying and analyzing an end product which provides participants with topics to promote the Ecuadorian culture, customs and traditions. English language is the means by which students ought to be trained to become ambassadors of their cultural background. To determine validity of the application of tasks which implies ´´getting hands-on activities´´, a mixed mode research (MMR) was applied which required a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the tasks used. The results obtained were satisfactory; however, the main constraint was the lack of structure which, indeed, many proponents have argued about this drawback. Design, Production, Application of Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) serves as a model of how English academics can create, implement and determine the essential features of Task-Based Language teaching materials to suit participants´ needs and wants.