Teaching Articles | Volume 21 | July 2007 This paper outlines a
task-based approach to curriculum design in a homestay program.
In an L2 environment, a task-based approach offers the advantage
of better approximating the way languages are actually learned,
as well as the opportunity to tailor specific tasks to program
goals and student needs. As English has become an international
language, teaching for linguistic competence cannot be separated
from teaching for intercultural competence. However,
intercultural communication has not been paid due attention to
in English language teaching (ELT) in Vietnam.