TBL is gaining popularity among ELT / EFL researchers and in English teaching
circles all over the world. For instance, an online report reveals that teachers of English at
China-Hong Kong English School (C.H.E.S., 2003) have been trying the TBL in ‘their
continuous search for effective, practical and innovative teaching methods’. It is apparent in
the report that they employ TBL in the framework of a model comprised of stages such as
‘ready to go (warming-up), reading, grammar, real life tasks and writing. It is pointed out
that, in their application of TBL, students like the textbooks (which are task-based) and the
English lessons better; that their involvement in class activities dramatically increases because
they love the topics; that students’ communicative abilities and skills are improving and
finally that students’ willingness to talk in English increases.