在第二语言教学界,“任务”和“任务型教学”都不是新概念;在汉语教学界,“任务”和“任务型教学”也是人们常常提及的话题。但是,这并不意味着“任务”这一概念已被普遍接受,更不意味着“任务型教学”已被普遍运用。当然,在后方法时代,我们主张的是基于原则的教学,没有一种教学法是十全十美的,也没有一种教学法是一无是处的,对任务型教学也应作如 In the second language teaching, both “task” and “task-based teaching” are not new concepts; in the Chinese teaching world, “task” and “task-based teaching” are also frequently mentioned topics . However, this does not mean that the concept of “task” has been generally accepted, not to mention that “task-based teaching” has been widely used. Of course, in the post-method era, we advocated the principle-based teaching. No teaching method is perfect and no teaching method is useless. It should also be applied to the task-based teaching