Research on Major-orientated Task-based Learning Approach in College English Listening Class for Students of Art Institutes

Most students in art institutes with poor English proficiency struggle with learning the language.Traditional teaching strategies and textbooks often fail to spark their interest in English.How to stimulate students' interest in learning English and improve their English skills has become the most pressing issue for college English teachers at art institutes.When adopting such an approach in a college English class, there are some principles we should follow, including making tasks enjoyable, motivating, and challenging, and encouraging students to collaborate more with others.Therefore, the tasks for the experimental group included making a video or short movie, doing voice acting for a movie, acting out a skit, creating a presentation, participating in a group debate or discussion, as well as completing fill-in-the-blank exercises, answering questions, and multiple-choice activities.This paper mainly focuses on adopting a task-based learning approach oriented towards majors in listening classes for students at art institutes.The aim is to inspire their interest in learning English and enhance their academic performance in listening assessments.