Four skills in English Language Teaching

1. Name :- Mansi Upadhyay
Roll No :- 18
Semester :- 3
Year :- 2019-20
Paper No :- 12 ( English Language Teaching)
Topic :- Four skills In English Language
Teaching.
E-Mail :- mansiupadhyay06@gmail.com
Submitted to :- Department of English
Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar
University.

2. Four Skills of English Language Teaching
◈ 1) Listening Skills.
◈ 2) Speaking Skills.
◈ 3) Reading Skills.
◈ 4) Writing Skills.
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3. Type of Language Skills
◈ Receptive or Input Productive or Output
Reading & Listening Writing & Speaking
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4. When do we Listening Skill ?
◈ Every day life
◈ Lectures, group discussions
◈ Brainstorming, Presentations
◈ Question & Answer
◈ Instructions
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5. Listening Skill
◈ Listening comprehension is the receptive skill.
◈ Listening means to understand what we hear.
◈ Two types of Listening
• Interactive ( chance to speak).
• calls, discussion and face to face
conversation.
• Non-interactive ( don’t have a
chance to speak).
• Watching TV and sermons.
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6. How to Teach Listening
◈ Beginners should be given more chances for Listening.
◈ Speak slowly and as close to natural speed as possible.
◈ Using shorter sentences, and the number and length of pauses in
your speech.
◈ Reduce distractions and noise.
◈ Use equipments like TV, radio, tap recorder.
◈ Repeat or play the text twice or thrice.
◈ Read key vocabulary & do background reading.
◈ Receptive skill that needs active participation.
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7. When do we Speaking skill ?
◈ Class group discussions
◈ Group task work
◈ Seminars, presentations
◈ Question & Answer lectures
◈ One –to – one sessions
( personal tutor, doctor, employer
etc….)
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8. Speaking Skill
◈ Speaking is the productive skill.
◈ There are three kinds of speaking.
• Interactive,( discussion)
• Partially interactive ( Lecture)
• Non-interactive
(sermons & speeches)
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9. How to teach Speaking
◈ Communicative teaching.
◈ Mistakes should be welcome.
◈ Actions with speaking.
◈ Activities imitating, answering verbal cues, interactive
conversation, lack of knowledge of oral presentation skills.
◈ Content of speaking should be practical and useable in real life.
◈ Provide appropriate feedback, but don’t interrupt communication.
◈ Address both interactive fluency and accuracy.
◈ Uncertain about- timing, vocabulary, interaction.
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10. When do we Reading skill ?
◈ Lectures, presentations.
◈ Coursework, research, internet.
◈ Blackboard, course documents.
◈ Work & home (social sight reading).
◈ Book reading.
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11. Reading skill
◈ Reading is the receptive skill in the written mode.
◈ It can develop independently of listening and speaking skills.
◈ Reading can help build vocabulary that helps listening
comprehension.
◈ Develops knowledge of language
structure.
◈ Register & purpose.
◈ Improve your Speed.
◈ Volume in study.
◈ Reading is an active skill. 11

12. How to Teaching Reading
◈ For beginners reading text should be simple in terms of grammar
and vocabulary.
◈ The text should be relevant to the context, real life and
background knowledge of reader.
◈ Use Reading strategies prediction, Guessing from the context,
skimming and scanning.
◈ Silent Reading VS Reading Aloud.
◈ Reading aloud improve pronunciation and silent Reading focus
comprehension.
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13. When do we Writing Skill ?
◈ Coursework
◈ Exams
◈ Lectures
◈ Group work
◈ Presentation
◈ Assignment
◈ etc….
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14. Writing Skill
◈ Writing is the productive skill in the written mode.
◈ It, too, is more complicated, seems to be the hardest of the skills.
◈ It involves not just a graphic representation of speech, but the
development and presentation of thoughts in a structured way.
◈ Good writing conveys meaningful message.
◈ Free writing VS process writing.
◈ Free for collecting idea and process for polishing writing piece.
◈ Various formats, styles, functions depending on subject area.
◈ Essential skill for exams.
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15. How to Teach Writing
◈ Coping text word for word.
◈ Writing what you dictate.
◈ Filling in blanks in sentences or paragraphs.
◈ Taking a paragraph and transforming certain language, for example
changing all verbs and time references to past tense.
◈ Lack of knowledge of key language structures, word, sentence,
paragraph, text.
◈ Differences between style in native country and UK.
◈ Engage in the process of writing for academic purposes.
◈ Be aware of academic conventions (student handbook, referencing
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16. Conclusion
◈ All four skills support each other since, they are
interconnected therefore, cannot be taught
independently Listening and Reading both rely on
input from an outside source and require
knowledge of the language, background
knowledge, and comprehension skills.
◈ The productive skills of Writing and Speaking are
more complex as they necessitate taking
knowledge of a language a step further to actually
produce new language.
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