The COVID 19 pandemic has made teachers and students adjust to different modes of teaching and learning; some classes were conducted fully online while other classes were conducted in a hybrid format. In order to address the transition, some educators conducted the teaching-learning process through modules in an online distance learning (ODL) method. Thus, this study aimed to establish whether the impact of the language tasks influence the oral development of the learners. It also dealt with the use of information gap tasks (IGTs) in different types of speeches such as the impromptu, informative, and persuasive speech in order to improve the speaking skills of ESL learners in the senior high school level. IGTs that involve the use of multimedia tools and applications which assisted learners in completing their tasks were integrated in the modules. Also, these tasks were shown during students’ individual, paired or group interaction and assessments in order to assist students in their language learning process. The study showed how IGTs helped improve the public speaking skills of students. It also exhibited the ways how IGTs provided adequate practice for learners develop their oral communication skills. Sample modules with IGTs will be shown in the presentation.