13Unit?Integrated Skills
Unit 13 Integrated Skills
Questions:1.Do we often use only onesingle language skill or morethan one in our daily life? Pleasegive me some examples toillustratethis
Questions: 1. Do we often use only one single language skill or more than one in our daily life? Please give me some examples to illustrate this
2.How about the situations for ourEnglish teaching? Do we use onlyone skill all the time?e.g. A reading class might includePre-reading discussionListeningReadingWriting
2. How about the situations for our English teaching? Do we use only one skill all the time? e.g. A reading class might include: Pre-reading discussion Listening Reading Writing
I.Whyintegration? Production and reception are quitesimply two sides of the same coin.Interaction means sendingandreceiving messages
Production and reception are quite simply two sides of the same coin. Interaction means sending and receiving messages. I. Why integration?
WhyIntegration?Written and spoken language often(but notalways)beararelationship toeachotherThe interrelationship ofwritten and spoken languageis an intrinsically motivatingreflection of languageanddulture and society
Why Integration? The interrelationship of written and spoken language is an intrinsically motivating reflection of language and culture and society. Written and spoken language often (but not always) bear a relationship to each other
Why integration?Weteach learners to do thingswith language,not just to teachabout language (the forms oflanguage)Often one skillwill reinforceanother
Why integration? We teach learners to do things with language, not just to teach about language (the forms of language). Often one skill will reinforce another
II.How to integrate the four skills?>Content-based teaching:integrates the learning of somespecific subject-matter contentwith the learning of a secondlanguagee.g.English for specificpurposes(ESP)（forengineering,medicineetc.)
II. How to integrate the four skills? Content-based teaching: integrates the learning of some specific subject-matter content with the learning of a second language. e.g. English for specific purposes (ESP) (for engineering, medicine, etc.)
How to integrate the four skills?Theme/Topic-based teaching:Intheclassroom,students read articlesor chapters,view video programsdiscuss issues,propose solutions, andcarry out writing assignments on a giventheme (topic)e.g.Englishforacademic(EAP)purposes
Theme / Topic-based teaching: How to integrate the four skills? e.g. English for academic purposes (EAP) In the classroom, students read articles or chapters, view video programs, discuss issues,propose solutions, and carry out writing assignments on a given theme (topic)
How to integrate the four skills?>Experiential Learning:Teachers do not simply tell studentsabout how language works; instead,they give students opportunities to uselanguage
How to integrate the four skills? Experiential Learning: Teachers do not simply tell students about how language works; instead, they give students opportunities to use language
American educator,John Dewey:(1)Onelearnsbestbydoing,by activeexperimentation.(2)Inductivelearningbydiscovery activates strategies thatenable studentsto'takechargeoftheiryown learningprogress
(1) One learns best by ‘doing’, by active experimentation. (2) Inductive learning by discovery activates strategies that enable students to’take charge’ of their own learning progress. American educator, John Dewey: