INTEGRATING THE FOUR SKILLS 

As a learner, you will need to achieve all 4 language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. 

Integrating the four skills can be demanding and time-consuming since it requires a lot of preparation. Another limitation is the problem of designing suitable material that takes account of student's different skill levels. 

Yes, it is necessary, but why? Well, as previously mentioned, integrating the four skills has its limitations, by creating a balance is reinforced both individually and integrated which means that you are working at the level of realistic communication. 

? As a teacher you can: • Mingle • Use prompts • Collaborate • Guide • Cooperate • Orchestrate feedback • Observe • Organise 

´ Teachers are: Facilitators, role models, information providers, resource developers, planners and assessors. 

´ Students listen (to the teacher use the target language, to a song), speak (pronunciation practice, greetings), read (written grammar drills, cards for playing games, flashcards) and write (fill-in-the-blank sheets, sentences that describe a feeling, sight or experience). 

• Add-ons • Reading and retell • Memory game • Board activities • Pre-reading discussion of the topic. 

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