The Impact of Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) on EFL Learners' Reading Comprehension Ability from Teachers' and Learners' Perceptions

Abstract

Language is a system in which verbal or non-verbal codes are transferred to communicate. Communication is a process that includes interchanging information, messages, ideas, or feelings. The act of communicating extends not only between people but also between people and the document (Shehab, 2011). This seems to be some kind of interaction between the reader (learner) and the document. Interaction occurs between a reader and a text when he or she constructs meaning based on knowledge drawn from the text and partly on the reader's prior knowledge. In other words, the interaction between learners and texts occurs when learners rely on their background knowledge to understand the content of the text to be conveyed.