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Integrated Skills
Aims of the Unit- to be aware of the reasons of integrating
the four skills;- to learn two ways of integrating the four
skills- to study the implications of integrating the
four skills for teaching- to be aware of the limitations of integrating
the four skills
Activity 1:
Discuss with your partner before you write down your answers.
Question: Is the capital of Brazil Rio de Janiero, Brasilia or Madrid?
Which skills do you use to answer the question?
Reading, listening, speaking, writing, thinking, researching, interacting.
Why do we integrate skills?
Activity 4: Discuss in groups of four.
Which skills are involved in each situation?
situation listening speaking reading writing
Discussing a news report in the classroom
Attending a seminar
Riding a bicycle on your own
Ordering a meal in a restaurant
Activity 5: Discuss in groups of four.Think of a situation which involves 4
skills and share your idea with your partners.
II. How Can We Integrate the Four Skills?
1) Simple integration The easiest form of integration is within the same medium
(either oral or written), from receptive to productive skills.
Type of medium Receptive Skill Productive Skills
Oral Medium Listening Speaking
Written Medium Reading Writing
2) Complex integration
This involves constructing a series of activities that use a variety of skills. In each of the activities, there is realistic, communicative use of language.
Topic : interviewing famous people.
Skills : Listen to an interview Read a magazine article Speak, interview a famous film star Speak, interview each other Write a magazine articleGo back over the concept of PPP and decide
what each section is.
III. What Are the Implications of Integrated
skills in Teaching? 1. There is focus on the discourse 2. There will be adjustment in the textbook
contents
3. Adjustable timetable
IV. What Are the Limitations of Integrating the Four Skills?
1) Neglecting the role that a separate focus on individual aspects of vocabulary, grammar and skills can play.
2) The problem of designing suitable materials that account of students’ different skill levels.