C. Teaching Treatment

The two classes were taught by their present teacher, Miss Zhu. The time of each class was 45 minutes. The teaching contents and progresses of the two classes were also consistent. The only difference was the approaches used in the class teaching.

In the experimental class, the teacher uses the task-based language teaching, each task is composed of three parts: pre-task, task cycle and language focus. Here lists the first lesson teaching plan of Unit 4 Oxford Junior English (Fun with English 9A) published by the Oxford Press (2003) in order to show the teaching process in the experimental class.