THE FOUR LANGUAGE SKILLS

Reading (comprehension skill) (receptive)

Listening (comprehension skill) (receptive)
Speaking (production skill)
Writing (production skill)
Linguistic competence Specific elements of language such as vocabulary and grammar.
!iscourse competence Structure of texts and how they are put together.
Socio"#inguistic competence How all of the above is used in a particular culture.
Strategic competence Students gain insight into different linguistic learning.
What are some strategies to assist in reading development?
$re%ie&ing eview titles! headings! and photo captions to gain an idea of the sub"ect matter.
$redicting Students make predictions based on sub"ect matter obtained from previewing.
Skimming and scanning Students read pieces of the text in order to confirm or refute
predictions made and determine the main idea of the structure.
Guessing 'rom conte(t #ccording to every bit of information that the students got from all of
the above! they will guess the meaning of some words.
$arap)rasing #t the end of sections students stop to rephrase what they$ve "ust read in
order to check for comprehension.
Strategies t)at can *e used to teac) t)ese strategies+
%odeling the strategies aloud as a group.
&iving the students time ahead to preview the reading material.
'sing fill in the blank (clo(e) exercises to give the students a chance to focus on more difficult
and key vocabulary.
Structure for reading activities in the S) *lassroom.
$re"reading p)ase +iscuss previous knowledge about the thing that they are going to read
about! this sets up expectations about the incoming sub"ect.
Reading p)ase ,he reading task usually begins with predictions or orientation activity.
$ost"Reading p)ase - missed this one.
,ips to develop listening skills
Top do&n (general meaning! summari(ing).
,ottom up (cognates! specific words! word order patterns).
Listening acti%ities
Simon says
,rue.false/ 0ne hand is for yes and the other is for no.
Sound identification game/