UNIVERSIDAD DEL NORTE-IESE

MASTER ARTS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING

1. INFORMATION OF THE REVIEWER
NAME
Eduardo Mackenzie, Humberto lechuga
DATE
April 04, 2014
2. INFORMATION ABOUT THE BOOK/ARTICLE


McDonough, K ! "haikitmongkol, # $200%& Teacher'( and )earner'( *eaction' to a Ta'k+,a'ed
E-) "our'e in Thailand Te'ol .uarterl/ 41 $1&, 10%+102
3. Researc !"#ec$%&es


To identi1/ teacher' and learner' reaction' to a ta'k+ba'ed E-) cour'e

To de'cribe ho2 their concern', i1 an/, 2ere addre''ed

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CONTE/T OF THE STUD0
Thi' ca'e 'tud/ 2a' carried out at "M3, 2hich i' a large, public uni4er'it/ in northern Thailand that
re5uire' 'tudent' to complete 1our integrated+'kill' E-) cour'e' The cour'e de'cribed in thi' article i' the
1ir't in that 1our+cour'e 'erie' The Engli'h department 1acult/ decided to re4i'e the cour'e, 2hich
pre4iou'l/ 1ollo2ed a '/nthetic '/llabu' 2ith a 1ocu'+on+1orm' approach, a1ter the Thai go4ernment made
Engli'h a re5uired 'ub6ect nation2ide and promoted it' u'e 1or international communication At that time,
the go4ernment al'o decided to empha'ize the u'e o1 Engli'h to rai'e learner'( a2arene'' about their o2n
culture 'o that the/ could 'hare their kno2ledge about Thailand 2hen communicating 2ith people 1rom
other countrie'
The team de'igned the ta'k '/llabu' around three ta'k' that targeted the learner'( intere't' and rai'ed their
a2arene'' o1 regional 'ocial and educational program'7 $a& appl/ing to an international cultural e8change
program, $b& attending a /outh 'eminar about 'ocial and en4ironmental a2arene'', and $c& propo'ing a teen+
oriented program 1or an Engli'h+ language tele4i'ion 'tation



Each ta'k re5uired appro8imatel/ nine 90+minute cla'' period' to complete and culminated 2ith a 2ritten
report and an indi4idual or group oral pre'entation :n addition to the t2o 90+minute cla''e' per 2eek,
'tudent' al'o completed an online 'el1+acce'' module Ho2e4er, during the pilot te'ting pha'e, the team
decided to increa'e the amount o1 in+cla'' time to t2o %9+minute cla'' period' and mo4e the online module
to the 'econd cour'e becau'e the learner' re5uired more cla'' time to 1ini'h the ta'k material' *e'earcher'
al'o decided to incorporate li'tening and reading material' 1rom a commercial te8tbook* S1.,%(e 3
2Bre3s$er* Da&%es* 4 R!-ers* 2551&, into the cour'e The/ 'elected e8cerpt' 1rom the te8tbook that
complemented the ta'k'( content a' 2ell a' the kno2ledge and 'kill' needed to carr/ out the ta'k' The/
al'o created 'upplementar/ material' to e8plicitl/ introduce learning 'trategie' that 2ere u'e1ul 1or ta'k
completion $techni5ue' that learner' can u'e to ac5uire kno2ledge or 'kill' like7 gue''ing meaning 1rom
conte8t, ta'k anal/'i' and 'el1+re1lection
;tudent'< a''e''ment 2a' about three oral and 2ritten ta'k per1ormance', periodic in+cla'' 5uizze', a 1inal
e8amination 2ith ta'k' 'imilar to tho'e carried out in cla'', and a port1olio containing a''ignment' that the
learner' had completed throughout the 'eme'ter
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The E-) learner+participant' $09& 2ere enrolled in the 'ection o1 the ta'k+ba'ed cour'e that Wa(7e( taught
during the pilot te'ting pha'e The/ 2ere 1ir't+/ear 'tudent' in the Engli'h department bet2een the age' o1
1% and 1= The/ 2ere all nati4e 'peaker' o1 Thai 2ho had 'tudied Engli'h in primar/ and 'econdar/
'chool' 1or a minimum o1 > /ear' The/ had been admitted to the Engli'h department ba'ed on their
'core' on regional or national entrance e8amination' The Engli'h department con'idered the learner'
to be intermediate le4el, but more 'peci1ic in1ormation about their pro1icienc/ 2a' not a4ailable
becau'e the/ had ne4er taken 'tandardized te't', 'uch a' the $T?E-)& or the $T?E:"& The/ rarel/
u'ed Engli'h 1or communication out'ide cla'' but 2ere e8po'ed to Engli'h through ma'' media, 'uch
a' mu'ic, mo4ie', and the :nternet Ho2e4er, t2o learner' had attended high 'chool 1or one /ear in the
3nited ;tate' a' e8change 'tudent', and three learner' reported tra4eling in Engli'h+dominant countrie'
1rom 2 to 0 month'



The E-) teacher+participant' $10& repre'ented the 4ariou' t/pe' o1 teacher' 2ho 2orked in the Engli'h
department at "M3 Nine o1 the teacher' 2ere Thai' 2ith ma'ter(' degree' in TE;?) or related 1ield'
and at lea't 19 /ear' o1 e8perience teaching Engli'h T2o teacher', al'o Thai', had ma'ter(' degree' but
had taught Engli'h 1or onl/ one or 2 /ear' The remaining t2o teacher' 2ere non+Thai' $both 1rom the
3nited ;tate'& 2ith bachelor(' degree' in 1ield' unrelated to education but 2ho had taught in Thailand
1or at lea't 9 /ear' Three o1 the teacher+participant', including Wa(7e(, created the ta'k+ba'ed cour'e
The teacher' participated in the e4aluation o1 the ta'k+ba'ed cour'e a' part o1 their a''igned 'er4ice
dutie'
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)earner' completed a ta'k e4aluation at the end o1 each ta'k, 2hich con'i'ted o1 'i8 open+ended
5ue'tion' about the a'pect' o1 the ta'k that the learner' liked and tho'e that the/ di'liked Thi'
e4aluation included a multiple+choice item about their 'ati'1action 2ith the amount o1 cla'' time
'pent on the 'kill' and kno2ledge targeted in the ta'k )earner' completed the ta'k e4aluation in
Engli'h or Thai a' home2ork at the end o1 each ta'k
Lear(%(- N!$e"!!1s
The learner' 'hould keep a learning notebook a' part o1 their port1olio There, the/ record an/ in1ormation
about the 4ocabular/, 'trategie', 'kill', and ta'k' that the/ 2ere learning *e'earcher' periodicall/ collected
their learning notebook' to monitor their progre'' and pro4ide 1eedback a' needed
!"ser&a$%!(s
;e4eral E-) teacher+participant' ob'er4ed the cla''e' The/ recei4ed the le''on and material' one or 2 da/'
in ad4ance o1 the ob'er4ation and 2ere a'ked to comment on the e11ecti4ene'' o1 the teaching procedure'
and material' a1ter the ob'er4ation







FIELD NOTES
?ther data 'ource collected 2ere 1ield note', including #anpen(' reaction' to the teaching
material', 2hich 'he recorded in a notebook 2hile preparing le''on', during cla'', and
immediatel/ a1ter cla'' ;he al'o recorded the di'cu''ion' about the '/llabu' and material' that
occurred during departmental meeting' and in in1ormal con4er'ation' 2ith her colleague'
Kim(' 1ield note' included her ob'er4ation' o1 #anpen(' cla''e', in1ormal con4er'ation' 2ith
teacher' and learner', and her note' 1rom departmental meeting'
Da$a a(a,.s%s
A1ter all the data collection, re'earcher' anal/zed the entire corpu' 1or general theme' that
illu'trated the participant'( reaction' to the ta'k+ ba'ed cour'e The/ adopted an inducti4e approach
in 2hich theme' emerge 1rom the data

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The 1ir't re'earch 5ue'tion 2hich a'ked ho2 the teacher' and learner' reacted to the ta'k+ba'ed
cour'e, anal/'i' o1 the data re4ealed that their impre''ion' centered on three theme'7 I(crease+
,ear(er %(+e7e(+e(ce, C!(cer(s 3%$ $e c!8rse c!($e($, a(+ 6erce7$%!(s a"!8$ rea, 3!r,+
re,e&a(ce.
Teacher' and learner' belie4ed that the ta'k+ba'ed cour'e helped the learner' to become
more independent thinker' and learner'
Although 'tudent' 2ere concerned about the amount u'e o1 grammar at the beginning o1
the cour'e, ho2e4er the/ came to appreciate the empha'i' on learning 'trategie' and ta'k
per1ormance
Man/ learner' belie4ed that the ta'k+ba'ed cour'e pro4ided them 2ith kno2ledge and 'kill'
that the/ could u'e in their real li1e or out'ide the cla''room

Rec!<<e(+a$%!(s
@rior to implementing a ta'k+ba'ed cour'e, department' 'hould pro4ide multiple
opportunitie' 1or teacher' and learner' to become 1amiliar 2ith the philo'oph/ and
principle' o1 ta'k+ba'ed language teaching
)earner' 'hould be pro4ided 2ith in1ormation about, per1ormance+ba'ed a''e''ment 'o that
the/ under'tand that cour'e e4aluation i' ba'ed on ho2 2ell the/ can per1orm ta'k' in the
target language rather than ho2 much kno2ledge the/ ha4e about the target language('
grammatical '/'tem
"/cle' o1 in1ormation gathering, anal/'i', and re4i'ion 'hould be repeated both be1ore and
a1ter a ta'k+ba'ed cour'e ha' been introduced






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Thi' article 2a' 4er/ help1ul 'ince i' reall/ 2hat 2e 2ant to do in our o2n conte8t' Here 2e 1ind
man/ idea' about ho2 to collect in1ormation in thi' particular ca'e The author' e8plained in a
detailed 2a/ ho2 the/ conducted their re'earch Aer/ u'e1ul idea' to de'ign the ta'k' and al'o
the/ pro4ide in the appendi8 the e8ample' o1 ta'k' and ho2 to u'e them The literature u'ed 2a'
the appropriate 'o thi' 2a' a 4er/ help1ul article to our o2n re'earch pro6ect