TASK-BASED LANGUAGE TEACHING IN ESP CLASSROOMS AT TECHNICAL COLLEGES: DEVELOPING COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE FOR PROFESSIONAL CONTEXTS
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Keywords: task-based language teaching, English for Specific Purposes, technical education, communicative competence, professional communication, needs analysis, UzbekistanAbstract
Abstract: This article investigates the application of Task-Based Language
Teaching (TBLT) methodology within English for Specific Purposes (ESP) instruction
at technical colleges in Uzbekistan. The study examines how professionally oriented
communicative tasks simultaneously advance language competence and vocational
readiness among second-year technical students. Drawing on empirical evidence
gathered over one full academic semester, the paper demonstrates that carefully
designed tasks grounded in students' anticipated occupational activities produce
measurable gains in productive language skills and communicative performance while
meaningfully heightening learner motivation.
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