The document discusses the difference between tasks and exercises in language learning. It states that a task is a communicative activity that requires learners to use language for a non-linguistic outcome, focuses on multiple skills, and aims to simulate real-world scenarios. An exercise, on the other hand, has a restrictive focus on a single language element and aims for a linguistic outcome. Exercises are more controlled and guided by the teacher, while tasks provide more freedom for learners. Examples of both tasks and exercises are also included.

1.  Name: Pipavat Gopi
 Class: M.A Sem 3
 Submitted To :Department Of English
Bhavnagar Uni.
 Topic Name: What Is The Difference
Between Task And Exercise ?

2. What is Task ?
 a piece of work
that must be
done, especially
one that is
difficult or that
must be done
regularly.

3. Definition
 The smallest identifiable and
essential piece of a job that serves as
a unit of work, and as a means of
differentiating between the various
components of a project.
 A piece of work to be done or under
taken.

4.  A task is any activity that learners
engage in to process of learning a
language. (Williams and Burden,
1997:168)
 An activity which required learners to
arrive at an outcome from given
information through some process of
thought and which allowed teachers
to control and regulate that process
was regarded as a task.

5.  A task is a communicative act that
does not usually have a restrictive
focus on a single grammatical
structure and has a non-linguistic
outcome.
 Tasks are free. Students are given
free will to use language for
communicative purposes.
 Focus on multiple skills rather than
on one.

6.  Tasks are used in context.
 Tasks are communicative and
usually authentic.
 Tasks are meaningful and focus is on
content.
 Correction of tasks is delayed and is
done through observation and
awareness raising

7. Example of a Task:
 Pedagogical tasks simulate real-life
tasks.
 Planning a party. Learners will be asked
to do the following:
 agree on what they need for the
preparation,
 choose the place where the party will be
held,
 prepare for the party, –write invitation
letters…
 write invitation letters…

8. What is Exercise:
 A type of physical
activity defined as
a planned,
structure and
repetitive bodily
movement done to
improve or
maintain one or
more components
of physical fitness

9.  An exercise usually has a restrictive
focus on a single language element,
and has a linguistic outcome.
 A language exercise is guided and
controlled by the teacher.
 An exercise usually has a restrictive
focus on a single language element,
and has a linguistic outcome.
 The focus is usually on a single skill.

10.  There is no reference to the context.
 A language exercise is not
communicative and usually not
authentic.
 It is not meaningful and the focus is
on form rather than on content.
 Correction is usually done
immediately.

11. Examples of Exercises:
 Example of a Language exercise
 Fill in the blanks with the simple past form
of these verbs:
write, go, have, study, buy.
 Yesterday, Nancy______to school and
______English.
 Last week, Leila________ an interesting
book about the history of the United States.
 We______a delicious breakfast this
morning.
 She _______ an email to her pen pal last
night.