reading for gist reading to get the overall understanding of a text

reading for detail looking for specific information when reading a text.
scanning reading quickly through a text while looking for keywords
skimming (reading for rapidly reading a text in order to get the main ideas or sense
gist)

reading aloud ex: reading a prepared speech or lecture

READING a receptive skill, but not passive

bottom-up processing refers to reading - being able to decode the letters, words
and grammar in order to read a text
top-down processing refers to reading - being able to predict or guess at content
because of a general understanding of the context.
reading purposes reading for pleasure or reading for information

sub-skills understanding words and identifying their grammatical

function, recognizing grammar features, identifying the topic
of the text, identifying text-type, text purpose, and text
organization, distinguishing key information from less
important information, identifying and understanding the gist,
inferring the writer's attitude, following the development of an
argument, following the sequence of a narrative,
paraphrasing the text

Ways of reading
A reading for specific information

B extensive reading

C deducing meaning from context

D intensive reading

E reading for gist

F reading for detail

 1. Find every word you can find in the story about butterflies.
2. Read the text carefully and figure out which heading is the most matching for it.
3. Read the article carefully to find the exact information about how machinery work.
4. Finish reading the novel while you are at home.
5. Read a poster to find out on which dates Kate’s, Jill’s and Tom’s birthdays are.

Writing Subskills
A punctuating correctly

B planning

C linking

D forming letters

E paragraphing

F using the appropriate layout

G proof-reading

1. Raise your hand into the air and use your finger to write the words a-p-p-l-e.
2. Put a tick in the right place in this letter for the address of the person who will receive
it and cross the correct for the date.
3. This text does not have any commas, full stops or exclamation points. Read the
letter and add them in the right places.
4. Select the best conjunction from these: because, while, after. Connect the sentence
pairs using the conjunction that you selected.
5. Take a look at this list of suggestions for compositions. Put them in the proper order
that you would write about them in your composition.
6. Once you have finished all your writing, go back and check it for language errors you
may have made.
Listening
Instructions
1. Watch a video to see how the woman looks? How do you think she feels?
2. Listen to every pair of words and say if they are different or the same.
3. Listen and find what town Jim lives in.
4. Listen and draw the boy and girl according to the description given.
5. Listen closely and underline the word in the sentence said most strongly by the
person who is speaking.
6. There is a story to listen to. Listen to it and decide on a title that is best matching for
it. 
Ways of listening
A.  Listening for gist
B.     Understanding body language

C.     Listening for individual sounds

D.     Listening for detail

E.      Listening for sentence stress

F.      Extensive listening

G.     Listening for specific information

Speaking
Teaching focuses
 A  appropriacy
B  fluency

C connected speech

1. Using intonation to convey surprise

2. Using exponents of formal invitations
3. Speaking without hesitating
4. Recognising main stress in short conversations on audio cassettes or CDs
5. Addressing people informally
6. Speaking at a normal and natural speed
7. Recognising specific phonemes in dialogues on audio cassettes or CDs