LANGUAGE

SKILLS

Communication skills have a great impact on the success of an individual.

A person’s ability to stand apart in a crowd is more often determined by their proficiency in
English language.

There are four Language skills

1. Listening
2. Speaking
3. Reading
4. Writing
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Listening
Listening is the ability to Speaking
accurately receive and The action of conveying
interpret messages in the LISTENING SPEAKING information or expressing one's
feelings in speech.
communication process.

Reading READING WRITING Writing

to receive or take in the sense The act of forming letters and
of (letters, symbols, etc.) words with a pen or pencil, or
especially by sight or touch something written.
 LANGUAGE SKILLS

Listening
Listening is the ability to Speaking
accurately receive and The action of conveying
interpret messages in the
communication process.
LISTENING SPEAKING information or expressing one's
feelings in speech.

Reading READING WRITING Writing

to receive or take in the sense The act of forming letters and
of (letters, symbols, etc.) words with a pen or pencil, or
especially by sight or touch something written.
 LANGUAGE SKILLS

Listening
Listening is the ability to Speaking
accurately receive and The action of conveying
interpret messages in the
communication process.
LISTENING SPEAKING information or expressing one's
feelings in speech.

Reading READING WRITING Writing

to receive or take in the sense The act of forming letters and
of (letters, symbols, etc.) words with a pen or pencil, or
especially by sight or touch something written.
 LANGUAGE SKILLS

Listening
Listening is the ability to Speaking
accurately receive and The action of conveying
interpret messages in the
communication process.
LISTENING SPEAKING information or expressing one's
feelings in speech.

Reading READING WRITING Writing

to receive or take in the sense The act of forming letters and
of (letters, symbols, etc.) words with a pen or pencil, or
especially by sight or touch something written.
 LANGUAGE SKILLS

Listening
Listening is the ability to Speaking
accurately receive and The action of conveying
interpret messages in the
communication process.
LISTENING SPEAKING information or expressing one's
feelings in speech.

Reading READING WRITING Writing

to receive or take in the sense The act of forming letters and
of (letters, symbols, etc.) words with a pen or pencil, or
especially by sight or touch something written.
 Listening Skills

What is Listening?
Listening is the ability to accurately
receive and interpret messages in the
communication process.
Listening is a receptive skill or a passive
skill.
Listening is Not the Same as Hearing
it requires focus and concentrated effort
to understand the messages
 Listening Skills

TYPES OF LISTENING
There are five major types of Listening
1. Discriminative
2. Comprehensive
3. Relationship
4. Critical
5. Appreciative
 Listening Skills

To Improve Listening Skills :

• Listening to Audiobooks and Podcasts

• Having conversations
• Watching English movies
• Reduce Distractions and noise
• Concentrate on what speaker is saying
 Speaking Skills
What is speaking ?

Speaking:
Speaking is an act of making vocal sounds usually for
purposes of communication, to convey one’s thoughts and feelings in
spoken language.

Speaking Skills:
Skills that give us the ability to communicate effectively.
These skills allow speaker to convey his message in a passionate and
convincing manner
Speaking skills also help assure that one won’t be misunderstood by
those who are listening
 Speaking Skills

Speaking is a productive skill in the oral mode. It is more

complicated than it seems at first and involves more
than just pronouncing words
There are three kinds of speaking situations
1. Interactive
2. Partially Interactive, and
3. Non-interactive
 Speaking Skills

• Practice where you can, when you can: any practice is

good whether you speak to native English speaker or
not.
• Build confidence, Use simple sentence structures that
you know is correct
• Don’t speak too fast or too slow
• Intonations and stress words should be given attention
• Participate in more activities
• Practice makes man perfect
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Reading
It is a cognitive process of decoding symbols to
derive meaning from text (as in reading a book or reading
music)

Components of Reading:
1. Decoding
2. Comprehension
3. Retention
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Types of Reading:

There are four major types of reading

1. Skimming
2. Scanning
3. Intensive
4. Extensive
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To Improve Reading skills: