【正确答案】正确答案：A task is an activity which requires learners to use language, with emphasis on meaning, to attain an objective. A piece of classroom work can be regarded as a task if it in line with the(or most of these)criteria proposed by Skehan, i. e. a task is an activity in which —meaning is primary; —learners are not given other people"s meaning to regurgitate; —there is some sort of relationship to comparable real-world activities; —task completion has some priority; —the assessment of the task is in terms of outcomes.(5 points) Some researchers of TBLT(Task-Based Language Teaching)suggest setting some guidelines or principles for designing tasks. Below are six principles that the majority of pro-task researchers agree that teachers can follow when design tasks; (1)A task should have a clear purpose;(1 point) (2)A task should have some degree of resemblance to real-world events;(1 point) (3)A task should involve information seeking, processing and conveying;(1 point) (4)A task should involve the students in some modes of doing things;(1 point) (5)A task should involve the meaning-focused use of language;(1 point) (6)A task should end with a tangible product.(1 point) For example, in class, we ask students to listen to a weather forecast of major cities in the country and note the future weather condition in certain cities(not all cites). It is close to something that many of us actually do in daily life. It meets the above six principles, so it can be regarded as a task.(2 points) Traditional classroom activities such as " listen carefully and be ready to answer question" do not qualify as a task, for it does not meet the fifth and sixth principles.(2 points)

【答案解析】解析：考查语言教学中“任务”的含义。一个课堂作品要成为语言教学和学习中的“任务”，需满足Skehan提出的5个特征。而教师在设计任务时，需遵循六条原则：1．有明确的目标；2．与真实活动相似；3．包含信息获取、加工和传递；4．让学生按一定的模式做事；5．包含语言的使用，且语言的使用以意义为重点；6．结束后有明确的结果。满足这些原则的可被称为任务，如：听某国天气预报并记录主要城市的天气属于任务；不满足这些原则的活动，如“认真听讲并准备回答问题”则不是任务。