Abstract: Task-based Approach (TBA), based on lots of researches done by foreign scholars, is one of the effective language teaching methods in the 1980s. TBA aims at learning while doing things. Applying this method to teaching listening in middle schools can improve students’ language ability by fulfilling tasks. The existing researches have discussed the basic information about TBA, however, they haven’t come down to the topic that how to use it preferably while having listening classes so that students can improve their language ability. This study aims at pointing out the ways for students to strengthen language ability from this aspect. It emphasizes the principles of designing listening tasks in order to gain the optimal effect of TBA. 

Key words: task-based approach; English listening teaching; middle school

摘要：任务型教学法是20世纪80年代外语教学研究者经过大量研究和实践提出的一个具有重要影响的语言教学方法。它强调“从做中学”，将这一方法运用于中学听力教学中，引导学生通过完成听力任务不断地提高听力能力。已有研究对于这一教学法的基本内容进行了一定的阐述，但是对于如何将其与中学听力更好地结合从而帮助中学生提高听力能力还没有很全面的研究。本文旨在从这一角度，指出提高中学生听力能力的方式，强调了设计听力教学任务应遵守的原则，从而发挥这一教学任务的最大作用。

关键词：任务型教学法；英语听力教学；中学