摘要

近年来，随着新课程改革的推进，任务型外语教学在我国逐步兴起，成为教育部制定的中学英语课程标准所推荐和提倡的外语教学法。写作教学一直是英语教学的薄弱环节。
    虽然在这20多年，特别是新课标出台后，中国的教育者对任务型教学法在英语课堂上的应用变得非常广泛，但是他们大多把它应用于英语阅读课而相对较少得关注任务型教学法在英语写作课的运用。本文以中学英语写作课堂教学为例,按照任务型教学法设计写作教学的过程,旨在创造活跃的课堂气氛,调动学生的写作的积极性,提高中学英语学生的写作水平及实际的语言应用能力。对于应用结果进行了反思和探讨。

关键词：任务型教学；英语写作； 利弊

Abstract

In recent years, with the development of new curriculum reform, task-based language teaching has been more and more popular in the Chinese educational circle, and has been recommended by the Ministry of Education as the approach in foreign language teaching in middle schools.
English writing is the weak part in English learning. As a very effective method in second and foreign language teaching, task-based approach is widely used in English teaching and it is believed to facilitate the learning process. However, little attention has been paid to the application of this approach in writing classes in middle school.
 This paper analyses the situation in English writing in middle school, designs a writing class which following task-based language approach and tries to liven up classroom atmosphere, to arouse students' enthusiasm for English, improve their abilities of writing and communication. So this paper tries to explore the applicability and feasible model of this approach in writing classes.

Key words: task-based approach; English writing; advantage and disadvantage

1.    Introduction
There are a lot of theories and approaches for teaching a second language, all of which have one thing in common -------a desire to make the acquisition of a foreign or second language as efficient and effective as possible.
In these years, a lot of teaching approaches such as process approach, the three section five step methods, and genre approach are introduced in china. Many teachers try to apply these approaches to their English teaching. Among these approaches, task-based method is very effective.
Since 1980s, it has become more and more popular in the Chinese educational circle.