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This study investigated oral communication skills of English language learner’s university context by using a task-based language teaching (TBLT) approach. Fifty students of Business English course were selected as participants, and randomly divided into two groups. The participants in the experimental group were taught oral presentation skills through task-based language teaching, while the control group received the same hours of instruction through traditional approach. Both groups were tested in a pretest and post-test and then a comparison was made by an independent samples t-test to check the possible significance differences between the two groups. The results revealed that students who were taught through (TBLT) had a significant improvement in fluency and pronunciation skills rather than traditional approach. Also, participants in the experimental group had shown a remarkable improvement TBLT was applied in speaking skill. (Published abstract)