Skills.

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Fun:

 Q: Teacher: What is the shortest month?
A: Student: May, it only has three letters.

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            Language Skills

 Language skills:  

   When we learn a language, there are four skills that we need for complete communication. When we learn our native language, we usually learn to listen first, then to speak, then to read, and finally to write. These are called the four "language skills".  The four skills of language (also known as the four skills of language learning) are a set of four capabilities that allow an individual to comprehend and produce spoken language for proper and effective interpersonal communication.  These skills are Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing. In the context of first-language acquisition, the four skills are most often acquired in the order of listening first, then speaking, then possibly reading and writing. For this reason, these capabilities are often called LSRW skills.

   English Language has 4 main skills and each skill has other sub-skills and skill activities.  The main skills are all basic and very important.  They are called the Macro skills.  Macro skills refer to the primary, key, main, and largest skill set relative to a particular context. It is commonly referred to in English language. The four macro skills are reading, listening, writing, and speaking.  You have to perfect them in order to use your English language properly.  Listening and speaking are brain input skills but reading and writing are brain output skills.  Of course, there other skills such as pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, and spelling all play a role in effective English communication.

 Receptive VS productive:

    Languages are generally taught and assessed in terms of the ‘four skills’: listening, speaking, reading, and writing.  Listening and reading are known as ‘receptive’ skills while speaking and writing are known as ‘productive’ skills.  Listening to and reading content in the language you are learning is a great way to develop your vocabulary and comprehension.

    Developing your speaking skills will involve gaining fluency in spoken interactions with others, as well as practicing your pronunciation. To practice pronunciation try reading aloud or repeating after a recorded text, trying to reproduce the pronunciation and intonation of the original.  As in your first language, your writing will be improved by becoming a critical reader - try to think actively about how texts are structured and what kinds of phrases or vocabulary are used for different purposes (e.g. introducing a topic, describing, comparing and contrasting, writing conclusions).

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Listening

You should understand the main ideas of most speech in a standard dialect.

You should demonstrate an emerging awareness of culturally implied meanings beyond the surface meanings of the text.

Speaking

You should be understood without difficulty by natives, and converse in a clear and participatory fashion.

You should be able to initiate, sustain, and bring closure to a wide variety of communicative tasks.

You should be able to narrate and describe concrete and abstract topics using sustained, connected discourse.

Reading

You should easily follow the essential points of written text.

You should be able to understand parts of texts which are conceptually abstract and linguistically complex.

Writing

You should be able to address a variety of topics with significant precision and detail.

You should be able to write competently about topics relating to particular interests and write clearly about special fields of competence.

You should be able to organize writings with a sense of theoretical structure.

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View Resources:

The main/Macro skills include: 

1-Listening.

2- Speaking. 

3- Reading.

4-Writing.

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Other Resources

1-Back

2-Chalk Talk.
3-Conversation.

4-Talking to learn.

5-Reader's Guide

6-Reading abilities.
7- Listening sub-skills.

8-Listen and do songs.

9-The conversation class.

10-The communication practice.
11-Using letters to tell stories.

12-Creating a storytelling Classroom.
13-Fluency through repeated reading.

14-Story Jokes for real communication

15-Film Circles:  Scaffolding Speaking For EFL Students.
16-Integrating language skills through dictogloss procedure.

17-About my site.
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External Links :

1-Watch Video / Rule 1 for Speaking Real English.

2-Video / Rules 2 and 3 for Speaking Real English.

3-Watch Video / Rule 4 for Speaking Real English.

4-Watch Video / Rule 5 for speaking Real English.

5-Watch Video / Rule 6 for Speaking Real English.

6-Watch Video / Rule 7 For Speaking Real English.

7-Learning English skills

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