Comparative chart by: Alexis Dario Cárdenas Peña

Reading Listening Writing Speaking

It helps students to acquire vocabulary; There exists different kinds of writing For the A2 level, we can
Extensive The extensive reading provides grammar and also, it make them better approaches that helps students to found features like that
students to develop word recognition readers. develop their writing skills like: develop the speaking skills on
and their improvement as readers. terms of fluency and accuracy
• Handwriting like :
Intensive It is useful to develop specific skills and It develops the improvement of listening • Spelling • Connected speech,
rearing for pleasure habits. skills. • Layout and punctuation • expressive devises,
• Creative writing • lexis and grammar
Provide adequate books for their level • Writing as a cooperative activity • negotiation language
Extensive as a “language learner literature “and Copies of course book tapes, written • Writing and genre • language processing
Materials, advises, set up a library, books of their level, authentic material • Using computer • interacting with others
advantages, tapes, write comments on cards or write • information processing
disadvantages online comments from a web page.

Tasks: Reading aloud, story-telling, Due to its complexity, the writing We can also find some many
Intensive Materials, Time limit, word/phrase limit, meaning interviews, conversations. process includes several stages: different activities to
advises consensus. Advantages: let students to meet a  Drafting develop these features like :
advantages, variety of characters on real  Reviewing(checking context, editing
disadvantages communicative contexts. And also they Connections, assessing impact) • Acting from a script
can implement music.  Structuring ( ordering information, • Communication games
Disadvantages: poor classroom’s experimenting with arrangements ) (puzzles, draw a picture,
acoustics  Focusing ( making sure you are ask questions etc.)
getting the message across you want • Discussion
 Teacher must encourage students  Teacher encourage he’s students to to get across) • Prepared talks
Extensive Teacher’s to so extensive reading. choose for themselves what to  Generating ideas ( assessing the draft • Simulation and role play
roles  He persuades students to discover listen and do it for pleasure or subsequent drafts)
the benefits of extensive reading.  Promotes autonomy
 Teacher should let students to
choose want kind of books they are
able to read. • Motivator • Prompter
 Organizer  Organizer • Recourse • Participant
Intensive Teacher’s  Observer  Machine operator • Feedback provider • feedback provider
roles  Feedback organizer  Feedback organizer
 Prompter  Prompter