Task-based English Communicative Class: Focusing on How to Increase Student Motivation in the Classroom

The main purpose of this paper is to examine an effective way to increase student motivation in the classroom. First, this paper gives a brief introduction of the problematic English Education in Japan, and explains the importance of increasing student motivation in the classroom. Second, this paper describes and analyzes the design, implementation and the effect of an unfocused task on an English communicative class. Lastly, my conclusion suggests that increasing student motivation and participation in the class would be an effective way to enhance autonomy, which is essential for studying a foreign language