Challenges and Opportunities of Task-Based Language Teaching in Pharmacy Colleges: Teachers’ Perspectives

This study explores the challenges and opportunities in implementing task-based language teaching for pharmaceutical students in the Indian context. Given the growing demand for spoken English in pharmacy careers, ranging from in-class presentations, seminars, and conferences to job interviews after M. Pharm. and interviews for PhDs and postdoctoral research, it identifies a glaring curricular gap where English language instruction fails to meet learners’ requirements. It is a qualitative study drawing on semi-structured interviews with ten teachers; it employs thematic analysis to determine the institutional and pedagogical factors in executing TBLT in pharmacy colleges to improve English fluency. Furthermore, it recommends evidence-based strategies and curriculum reforms to equip learners with essential academic and professional skills.