METHODOLOGICAL PROPOSALS FOR THE DESIGN OF A FOREIGN LANGUAGE COURSE BASED ON THE TASK APPROACH. ANALYSIS OF NEEDS, SELECTION AND TYPES OF TASKS

It intends to be, in short, an aid to the teacher. But aside from the diversity of methodologies, it has been based, and supported by the theory of different authors, by a specific guiding principle that starts from the focus by tasks as a didactic means to this day that cannot be waived, especially in CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) or CBI (content based instruction) approaches, plus some factors we believe to be unavoidable in any foreign language course: encouraging communication in the classroom, making the student the center of attention of the learning process, the action-oriented approach and the importance of the social function in the teaching of foreign languages, as well as the inclusion of interculturality.