The 4 Language Pathways

The 4 Language Pathways

Videos

Examples

To accomplish daily tasks, English language learners will need to learn and improve all 4 language skills. Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening activities will be a part of most tutoring sessions. Most learners at VITAL are highly motivated to improve their speaking skills.

• Teaching writing may include lessons on spelling, punctuation, grammar, brainstorming, and editing.
• Teaching speaking may include lessons on giving personal information, taking a phone message, pronunciation, or making small talk.
• Teaching listening may include lessons on sounds, stress, intonation patterns, and comprehension practice.
• Teaching reading may include lessons on letter sounds, prefixes, vocabulary, and context clues.

Speaking

Eventually, they try to repeat what they hear.

Writing

Finally, they reproduce these symbols on paper.

To accomplish daily tasks, English language learners will need to learn and improve all 4 language skills. Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening activities will be a part of most tutoring sessions. Most learners at VITAL are highly motivated to improve their speaking skills.

• The first short video explores the connection between speaking, reading, and writing. (Option - stop video at 4:10 if you don't want to watch the whole thing).
• The second short video demonstrates a teacher introducing and practicing new vocabulary.

Reading

Later, they see the spoken language depicted symbolically in print.

Listening

When people are learning a new language, they first hear it spoken.