Teaching integrated language skills - Uriel Puc

Teaching Integrated Language Skills

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Skills in isolation

There are some cases where students must focus on developing one specific skill. Nonetheless, in day-to-day life, the four language skills are interwoven to achieve communication (Harmer, 2015). Thus, language skills must be integrated in order to prepare the learners for effective academic and everyday interaction in the language.

Benefits of integrating skills

Considerations

Based on Peregoy & Boyle (2017), it is paramount to tailor instruction based on the context, teacher training, resources available, as well as students':

• L1 proficiency level
• Prior knowledge
• Previous experiences

• Needs
• Learning styles
• English language proficiency

How do we integrate the skills?

Combining receptive and productive skills

Using the Tas-based approach

Using the Content-based approach

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