Here you can find strategies of how to teach the four different language skills, reading, listening, writing and speaking, during the pre, while and post of a lesson.

1. How to teach
By Nicole Arce K.
Reading
Pre (10’) While (70’) Post (10’)
1-. To motivate students make
a warmingup related with the
topic and get them interested
on it.
2-. Identifystudent’s previous
knowledge.
3-. Showstudentsuseful
keywordsforthe reading
comprehension lesson.
4-. Make the students predict
whattheyare goingto learn in
the lesson.
1-. Using a motivating visual
aid to introduce the topic of
the text.
2-. Spread the prepared
handout (it must address
student’s interests). Teacher
gives instructions and ask
students to apply the reading
technique of “skimming and
scanning” (read the text in
silence) in order to have a
general idea about the piece
of information.
3-. Teacher asks students if
they found some keywords.
Then, students read the text
again in silence or in front of
the class.
4-. Afterthe reading, students
solve the exercises prompted
by the teacher.
5-. Teacher explains the
exercises and teaches the
content in context.
1-. Teacher prompts students
to check and correct the
answers.In orderto give them
some feedback.
2-. Teacher summarizes the
lesson.
3-. Afterthe nutshell,students
can give opinions about the
class activity or about the text
4-. The lesson can conclude
with a last ludic activity
relatedwiththe contentgiven.
5-. Finally, teacher suggests
students look for some extra
information.

2. How to teach
Writing
Pre (10’) While (70’) Post (10’)
1-.Motivate students with an
interesting topic.
2-. Teacher prompts students
to discuss about the topic.
3-. Teacher gives students key
word making a brainstorm in
order to use them in the
developing of the lesson.
4-. With the brainstorming
studentscanpredictwhatthey
are going to learn.
1-. Teacherassignsthe activity
and gives them clear
directions. Maybe they can
write a paragraph, sentences,
rewrite a text or some other
activity related with this skill
and according with the main
topic of the lesson.
2-. Students must use in their
writing activity the keywords
previously given.
3-. Teacher provides the
opportunitytoshare students’
drafts in order to compare,
solve doubts,correct mistakes
and improve their writing
abilities monitoring the
process.
4-. Finally, teacher has to
explain some grammar focus
addressed during the writing
lesson and check
understanding.
1-. In this part of the class
teacher evaluate the work
done during the given task.
2-. Teacher can ask students
what they learnt providing
feedback.
3-. Finally, teacher can ask
studentsif theylike the lesson,
if they have some doubts and
how they learnt.
4-. Self evaluation and Co-
evaluation can be useful to
discover how they lean.

3. How to teach
Speaking
Pre (10’) While (70’) Post (10’)
1-. A warming up activity can
be useful to captivate students
to participate in the class and
being interested on it. These
kinds of activities motivate
and take them close to
communicative approach.
2-. Teach students keywords
to use duringthe lesson, focus
the activity on fluency and
accuracy.
3-. Teacher must be a good
model of speaking language.
4-. Teacher must provide all
necessarymaterialstodevelop
the class. Besides, he or she
has to supply other models
making a relation between
speaking and listening.
1-. Several activities can be
addressed in this part of the
class. For instance: imitation,
sing a song, respond
questions, recording
performances etc. Here
teacher can identify students’
weaknesses and can improve
their pronunciation or
grammar structures.
2-. Do not forgetcheckfluency
and accuracy avoiding
grammar focus.Is necessaryto
provide learning in context
and according to students’
level.
3-. Teacher must use
conversation maintenance
cues when students are
speaking.
4-. Use mine and nonverbal
expression in order to show
confidence.
1-. Teacher must summarize
the lesson highlighting the
most important content.
2-. Teacher has to give
studentsappropriate feedback
and correction in order to
recognize their weaknesses.
3-. Asking for clarification.
(Doubts).
4-. Finally, identify how
students leant better.
How to teach

4. Listening
Pre (10’) While (70’) Post (10’)
1-. Teacher must choose a
listening in a topic known by
students in order to get them
motivated with the while
activity.
2-. A warming up activity,
according to their English
level, in which they listen
somethingcan be useful to be
prepared for the lesson,
identifying keywords and
recognizing the topic.
3. Previous to the while,
teacher can ask questions to
check students’ listening
comprehension.
1-. Teacher supplies the
prepared handout in which
students will work and read
instructions.
2-. Teacher reproduces the
audio in front of the class and
students identify general
ideas.
3-. Students listen the audio
again and teacher checks
understanding.
4-. Studentscomplete the task
with teacher supervision and
working in pairs. In that way,
students can identify some
mistakes and correct them,
checkinganswers among their
classmates.
5-. Finally, teacher checks the
answers with the whole class.
6 Teach lexis, grammar In
context and pronunciation.
7, Exercise and practice.
1-. Teacher summarizes the
lesson.
2-. Withan evaluation teacher
can check students’
understanding.
3-. Ask for students’ opinions.
4-. Finally,teacherfinishesthe
lessonshowingthe classa
enthusiasticvisual aid
connectedwiththe topic,in
orderto motivate theirfuture
participationof the classor
theirfuture experienceson
listening.