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1、Unit 13 Integrated Skills 20090640409200906404181Teaching Objectives1. The reasons why we should integrate the four skills;2. The ways we integrate the four skills;3. The implications for teaching;4.The limitations of integrating the four skills. 2what are the four integrated skills?Listening Speaki
2、ng Reading Writing3I. The reasons why we should integrate the four skills In last few units, we have talked about the four skills and the need to integrate them. When we communicate with each other, we often use more than a single language skill. On the telephone, for instance, we listen and speakma
3、ybe we also write down a message and read over what we have written. Transferring language from one medium to another is itself a skill. 4 Integrating the skills means that you are working at the level of realistic communication, not just at the level of vocabulary and sentence patterns. Realistic c
4、ommunication is the aim of the communicative approach and many researchers believe that handling realistic communication is an integral(完整的，必要的） part of essential conditions for language learning. 5Discussion:what skills do you usually use?think of a dictation: we have to convert the spoken word we
5、have to convert the spoken word accurately into written language.accurately into written language. Tell each other about your experience in the web Tell each other about your experience in the web chat room: chat room: Sometimes, listening and speaking, and Sometimes, listening and speaking, and som
6、etimes, reading and writing by e-mail. Sometimes, all these sometimes, reading and writing by e-mail. Sometimes, all these skills are integrated together.skills are integrated together. What will happen when we send short messages by phone? It is necessary to integrate the skills in many different s
7、ituations. It is necessary to integrate the skills in many different situations. And it is a fact that we use them togetherAnd it is a fact that we use them together6Reasons for integrating the language skillsIfstudentsareabletoreadashortstory,theskillwillhelpthemtowritetheirownstory.Iftheycanunders
8、tandadialogueaboutbuyingthingsinashop,theycanusethisasamodelforpractisingtheirownspeakinginasimilarsituation.Whyshouldweintegratethelanguageskills?1)Manysituationsforceustouseintegratingtheskills.2)Communication.Tocommunicatebetterinreality.3)Consolidatecommunicativecompetences.4)Allowyoutobuildinmo
9、revarietyintothelesson5)RaisethestudentsmotivationtolearnEnglish7II. How can we integrate the four skills? The simple integration: the easiest form of integration is within the samemedium (either oral or written), from receptive toproductive skills. Simple integration, whereby a receptive language s
10、killserves as a model for a productive language skill.In other words, we would use a listening text as a modelfor the students speaking, and a reading text as a modelfor the students writing. 8 The second kind is complex integration. This involves constructing a series of activitiesthat use a variet
11、y of skills. In each of the activities,there is realistic, communicative use of language.The sequence of activities are designed asfollows: Oral activity Reading activity Writing activity. 9Example:Sequence of an activitiesReading activity:a poster giving information about an English Club Oral activ
12、ity: students make up a dialogue between the club secretary and a person who wants to join the club Writing: students complete a membership application form for the English Club based on their partners information10III. The implications for teaching Integration of the four skills is concerned with r
13、ealistic communication. Discourse is a whole unit of communicative text, either spoken or written. 11III. The implications for teaching1.Focus on discourse The main implication for teaching is that we need to be aware of the discourse features of a text. 12III. The implications for teaching Discours
14、e features include aspects such as: 1. The way that the text is organised 2. Its layout (for written text) 3. The style of the language (formal or informal?) 4. The register (the vocabulary that is commonly found in such discourse). 13IV What are the limitations of integrating the four skills? 1 we
15、must not overlook the useful role that a separate focus on individual aspects of vocabulary, grammar and skills can play. 142 Integrating the four language skills can be demanding of the teachers. 3 Another limitation is the problem of designing suitable materials that take account of students different skill levels. 15V. Conclusion1.Integrating enhances the focus on realistic communication, which is essential in developing students competence in English. 2. Two ways of integrating skills: Simple integration, Complex integration.3.The limitations of integrating skills1617
