MBA STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION OF TASKS IN IRANIAN ADVANCED LEVEL ORAL ENGLISH CLASSES
HAMID REZA KARGOZARI
Department of English Language, Tabaran Institute of Higher Education, Mashhad, Iran.
SHARAREH BABAKHANI *
Department of English Language, Tabaran Institute of Higher Education, Mashhad, Iran.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The current study scrutinized MBA students’ perceptions of tasks in Iranian advanced oral English classes. Printed versions of the questionnaire consisted of 29 close-ended items and 4 open-ended items were distributed among University students of MBA at the end of each semester. Results recommended that these students maintained a positive attitude towards a task-based approach, and they stated expectations of novelty in teaching method and material.
Keywords: Task-based approach, teaching method, MBA students