How to teach receptive and productive skills
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The document provides guidance for teaching the four language skills - listening, reading, writing and speaking. It outlines the stages and activities for each skill, including pre-activities to motivate students, main activities to practice the skill, and post activities for feedback and reflection. The main activities involve modeling the skill, having students practice in pairs or groups, and checking understanding. Motivation, feedback and learning are emphasized throughout the process.
How to teach receptive and productive skills
- 1. Howto teach Listening (Receptive Skill) Class Stage Activities time PRE 1. Motivation The teacher can use any kind of activity to involve the students and increase motivation. WARMING UP may be used. 10 minutes 2. Active knowledge The teacher may use Triggering Questions. 3. Predict the Topic Students are asked about the topic. 4. Visual Aids The key words are presented by the teacher. No more than 5 or 6. WHILE 1. Motivate student for the listening In this stage, the teacher shows the listening features 1. Type of text 2. Accent 3. Pronunciation 4. Length 5. Instructions 60 minutes 2. Activity 1 -Play listening for the first time in order to get general ideas. (*Top and down listening). -Play the listening for second time in order to get specific ideas and information. (*Botton up listening). -PLAY AGAIN ONLY IF IT IS NECESSARY. 3. Check Check the answers in pairs Check the answers altogether. 4. Activity 2 Connect the previous activity with: Grammar and lexical contents. 5. Exercise Teacher may use any activity for this purpose. TRUE OR FALSE MAY BE USED. POST 1. Motivate After the main activity the teacher may use any type of activity to keep the motivation. 10 minutes 2. Learning What did the students learn? 3. Check understanding Yes/no questions 4. Ludic activities The teacher may use a ludic activity to keep the motivation’s students. 5. Evaluate 6. Feedback 7. Metacognition 8. Reflexion The learning process Check errors and doubts. Student knowledge OFT* *Top and down: It is a method used to get general ideas and information from an audio or text(skimming) *Botton up: It is a method used to get specific ideas and information from an audio or text. (Scanning) *OFT: OBJETIVOS FUNDAMENTALES TRANSVERSALES
- 2. Howto teach reading (Receptive Skill) Class Stage Activities time PRE 1. Motivation The teacher can use any kind of activity to involve the students and increase motivation. WARMING UP may be used. 10 minutes 2. Active Knowledge The teacher may use Triggering Questions. 5. Predict the Topic Students are asked about the topic. 6. Visual Aids The key words are presented by the teacher. No more than 5 or 6. WHILE 1. Motivate student for the reading In this stage, the teacher shows the text. The teacher will specify whether students can work in pairs or not. The instructions will be given by the teacher. 60 minutes 2. Activity 1 Reading the text -Skimming: General ideas and information. -Scanning: Reading for gist- Specific ideas and information 3. Answer questions Check the answers in pairs Check the answers altogether. 4. Activity 2 Connect the previous activity with: Grammar and lexical contents. 5. Exercise Teacher may use any activity for this purpose. TRUE OR FALSE MAY BE USED. 6. Practice Doing allotted task POST 9. Motivate After the main activity the teacher may use any type of activity to keep the motivation. 10 minutes 10.Learning What did student learn? 11.Check understanding Yes/no questions 12.Ludic activities The teacher may use a ludic activity to keep the motivation’s students. 13.Evaluate 14.Feedback 15.Metacognition 16.Reflexion The learning process Check errors and doubts. Student knowledge OFT* *OFT: Objetivos Fundamentales Transversales
- 3. Howto teach Writing (Productive skill) Class Stage Activities time PRE 1. Motivation The teacher can use any kind of activity to involve the students and increase motivation. WARMING UP may be used. 10 minutes 2. Active Knowledge The teacher may use Triggering Questions. 3. Predict the Topic (Brainstorming) Students are asked about the topic. 4. Visual Aids (Sketching) The key words are presented by the teacher. No more than 5 or 6. Teacher: Presents the words. Students: Observe the words. WHILE 1. Motivate student for the writing In this stage, the teacher encourages the students to write. MODEL the type of writing. 60 minutes 2. Activity 1 Assign the task: Produce/Reproduce Strategies: Start Diagram* PROMPT 3. Drafting Written production. 4. Revising Check the written production. 5. Editing Check again in order to correct some mistakes related to the writing. 6. Publishing Show the written production. POST 1. Motivate After the main activity the teacher may use any type of activity to keep the motivation. 10 minutes 2. Learning What did student learn? 3. Check understanding Yes/no questions 4. Ludic activities The teacher may use a ludic activity to keep the motivation’s students. 5. Evaluate 6. Feedback 7. Metacognition 8. Reflexion The learning process Check errors and doubts. Student knowledge OFT* *Start Diagram: It is a technique used by students in order to organize the text’s structure *OFT: Objetivos Fundamentales Transversales. When Who Where Story
- 4. Howto teach Speaking (Productive skill) Class Stage Activities time PRE 1. Motivation The teacher can use any kind of activity to involve the students and increase motivation. WARMING UP may be used. 10 minutes 2. Active Knowledge The teacher may use Triggering Questions. 3. Predict the Topic Students are asked about the topic. 4. Visual Aids The key words are presented by the teacher. No more than 5 or 6. WHILE 1. Motivate student for the speaking In this stage, the teacher encourages the students to speak. MODEL the type of speaking. 60 minutes 2. Activity Assign the type of performance: Intensive*-Responsive- Transactional*-Interpersonal*- Extensive*. 3. Prompt and Guide To help students if it is necessary. 4. Practice Doing allotted task POST 1. Motivate After the main activity the teacher may use any type of activity to keep the motivation. 10 minutes 2. Learning 3. Check understanding What did student learn? 4. Ludic activities The teacher may use a ludic activity to keep the motivation’s students. 5. Evaluate 6. Feedback 7. Metacognition 8. Reflexion The learning process Check errors and doubts. Student knowledge OFT* *Intensive: Practice a grammatical / phonological feature. *Responsive: To respond to questions. (Avoid yes-no questions) *Transactional: (Dialogue) to convey information. *Interpersonal: (Dialogue) to interact socially. *Extensive: (Monologue) intermediate and advance level. *OFT: Objetivos Fundamentales Transversales. WhyWhat