Integrating Skills - Growing Talents

Second Regional ELT Conference Federico Arteaga C. Centro Colombo Americano Manizales 2K9

Goals for this session

♠ To celebrate language. ♠ To approach the nature of the language skills. ♠ To figure out language sub-skills, their use their purpose and their training. ♠ To look into a new model of class planning.

SKILLS CANNOT BE ISOLATED

One of the following is not listed as a necessary sub-skill in the integrated skills approach

1.Grammar 2.Vocabulary. 3.Speaking. 4.Pronunciation.

How many?

 Listening  Reading  Writing  Speaking

-Grammar -Vocabulary - Paraphrasing & Notetaking -Pronunciation

Rote memorizations is promoted in the integrated skills approach.

1. False. Communicating real

information is better. 2. True. It is accompanied by sharing real information. 3. False. The focus is on a particular theme or content area. 4. True. It stregthens receptive skills.

STORY OF AN ORANGE

A type of activity  A pre-reading discussion of the topic

to activate schemata.  Listening to a lecture or a series of informative statements about the topic or passage to be read.  A focus on certain reading strategy (for instance, scanning).  Writing a paraphrase of a section of the reading passage. (Brown, 2001)

Speaking

Reading

Listening

Writing

THE DIAMOND SKILL

First Halo (center) Students repeat structures, drill, learn by rote, produce after a model. WH questions  Information Individual

Second Halo (mid section) Students interact using target structures, identify the parts of language through class dynamics, rely on partner rather than on textbook. Statements Interpersonal

Third Halo (external) Students produce of their own accord, mistakes reveal experimentation with language, interaction becomes spontaneous, student questions seem to favor a hypothesis and thus manifest theory on language. YES/NO questions  confirmation Social

Speaking

Reading

Listening

Writing

THE DIAMOND SKILL

INTENSIVE EXTENSIVE

What can you do?

 Organise  Observe  Orchestrate feedback  Prompt

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