Task-Based Materials in teaching essay writing is one of strategy that can help
students in learning essay writing. The research subjects were 25 students of class
2020A STKIP PGRI Sidoarjo English Education Study Program. The instrument
used was observation checklist, field notes, and questionnaire. The technique for
data analysis is qualitative. The data source in this study is the English lecturer and
students involved in teaching and learning process, while the result of the data is
taken from observation checklist, field notes, and questionnaire. Based on the
finding made in three meetings, which is divided into Pre-Task, During-Task, and
Post-Task. In Pre-Task, the lecturer gives a text then guiding students analyze the
text. In During-Task, the lecturer gives a task. And in Post-Task, the lecturer gives
feedback for students’ task. In the student responses, who answered ‘strongly agree’
were 16%, ‘agree’ 57%, ‘neutral’ 25%, ‘disagree’ 2%, and ‘strongly disagree’ 0%.
It means that more than half of students like learning essay writing using TaskBased Materials, and under half of student dislike learning essay writing using
Task-Based Materials.