This document discusses the four basic skills of language learning: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. It provides information on each skill, including what percentage of language acquisition is attributed to each skill. Listening makes up 45% and is considered a receptive skill, while speaking at 30%, reading at 16%, and writing at 9% are productive skills. The document outlines important strategies for developing each skill and common issues students may face with each one. It emphasizes the importance of practicing all four skills for effective language learning.

2. SUBMITTED TO:
Sir Shehzad Anjum
SUBMITTED BY:
Shahzad Ali
BBA-19-68
ASSIGNMENT:
English II
ASSIGNMENT TOPIC:
Four Basic Skill
Class:
2nd semester
BBA Morning (B)

3. Skills Of Language Learning
 What is language ?
 Language a system of conventional spoken,
manual, or written symbols by means of
which human being, as members of a social
group and participants in its culture, express
themselves.The functions of language
include communication, the expression and
emotional release.

4. Four Basic Skill In English language
 Listening skill
 Speaking skill
 Reading skill
 Writing skill

5. Ratio of these languages…
 Listening skill 45%
 Speaking skill 30%
 Reading skill 16%
 Writing skill 9%

6. LISTENING AND READING ARE RECEPTIVE : INPUT
I.E. THE EXPOSURE YOU HAVE TO AUTHENTIC
LANGUAGE IN USE. SPEAKING AND WRITING ARE
PRODUCTIVE AS OUTPUT.

7. Listening Skills
 Listening skills allow one to make sense of
and understand what another person is
saying.
 Effective listening ensures understanding and
it helps improve accuracy when we speak.

8. Effective strategies to make
listening effective
 Peer work
 Audio video sources in class rooms.
 Role plays
 Group work
 Presentation
 English news broadcasters
 English news channels

9. Issues
Uncertain comprehension.
Speed of speech.
Familiarity with local speech (accents and
vocabolary).
 Missing words/concepts/instructions.
Lack of confidence to ask for repetition.
Hearing difficulties

10. Speaking Skills
 Speaking is the second language skill we
acquire in our native language. It is what is
known as a productive skill, or an active skill,
as it requires us to use our vocal tract and our
brains to correctly produce language through
sound.

11. Speaking
 When do we speak?
 Class group discussions.
 Group task work.
 Seminars , Presentations.
 Q & A in lectures.
 One-to-one sessions
(personal tutor, doctor,
employer etc.)

12. Speaking
 Importance
 Most interactive skill.
 Most obvious skill.
 Develops understanding
through communication.
 Develops interpersonal skills
(Team working).
 Use in assessments.

13. Speaking
 Issues
Lack of confidence.
Uncertain about
timing/vocabulary/interaction
.
Decoding of non-verbal
information.
Lack of knowledge of
presentation skills.

14. Reading Skill
 It is a process of the brain and it takes time to
develop: your mind has to attach meaning to
the words, phrases and expressions
represented by symbols, plus get to
understand the grammar and structure of the
language used in the passage to read.

15. Reading
 When do we read?
 Lectures , presentations ,
tutorials.
 Course work , research ,
internet.
 Blackboard , course
document.
 Work & home (social sight
reading)

16. Reading
 Importance
 Informs writing and writing
styles.
 Develops knowledge of
language structure.
 Develops vocabulary (specific
vocabulary for subject).
 Register and purpose.

17. Reading
 Issues
Speed.
Decoding new words.
Vocabulary.
Comprehension.
Relevance.
Volume (in study).

18. Writing Skill
 As with speaking, it is a productive, or active
skill, as it requires us to use our hands and our
brains to produce the written symbols that
represent our spoken language.Along with
reading, it is one of the two artificial
language skills, as not all natural spoken
languages have a writing system.

19. Writing
 When do we write?
 Coursework.
 Exams.
 Lectures.
 Tutorials.
 Group work.
 Presentations

20. Writing
 Issues
Lack of knowledge of key
language structures, words,
sentences, paragraphs ,
text.
Difference b/w style in
native country and UK.
Register and purpose.
Note taking.
Paraphrasing