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teaching receptive skills--Listening and reading Key point: Problems with listening and reading- Language: sentence, word length, unfamiliar words Topics: interesting topics. A variety of topics, over a period of time, is needed to ensure that all of our students are equally catered for in the end. Create interest: get students engaged by discussing the topic, showing pictures, predicting Tasks: provide comprehension tasks Outline of a typical receptive skills lesson (patchwork) ways of approaching language difficulty- Pre-teaching vocabulary: A sensible solution would be to only pre-teach the words Careful selection of texts: a variety of authentic and non-authentic texts. Authentic materials must be carefully selected so as to focus on what the students know, rather than how much they don't know. Non-authentic texts will allow students access to material that contains language more suited to the students' abilities. Specialist skills- Predictive skills: For example, predicting the content of an article or dialogue from a headline or introduction. Specific information – scanning General idea – skimming Detailed information: read in order to understand everything in detail. Deduction from context: The basic keys to successful receptive skill lessons are: 1.Choose material that interests/motivates the students 2.Build interest before reading/listening 3. Pre-teach complex vocabulary or structures if necessary, but don't overdo it! 4. Vary the type of material 5. Use the material to practise different skills 6. Use realistic comprehension tasks that aid understanding 7. Incorporate activate phases that naturally lead on from the text
