INTERACTIVE ICT ENGLISH.: LANGUAGE SKILLS

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PRODUCTIVE AND RECPTIVE SKILLS

When we learn a language, there are four skills that we need for complete communication. When we learn our native language, we usually learn to listen first, then to speak, then to read, and finally to write. These are called the four "language skills

Listening is the absorption of the meanings of words and sentences by the brain. Listening leads to the understanding of facts and ideas. But listening takes attention, or sticking to the task at hand in spite of distractions. It requires concentration, which is the focusing of your thoughts upon one particular problem. A person who incorporates listening with concentration is actively listening. Active listening is a method of responding to another that encourages communication.

Speaking is the productive skill in the oral mode. It, like the other skills, is more complicated than it seems at first and involves more than just pronouncing words.

Reading is:

Devouring a book cover to cover, and then starting at the beginning again
poring through each recipe, and the stories in between
exploring the repair manual so you can fix your car
discovering the story in the game so you understand the game
watching the episodic movie breaks between one game level and the next to experience the story
tweets
blogs
signs
information to get stuff done
information for fun.

Writing is the representation of language in a textual medium through the use of a set of signs or symbols (known as a writing system). It is distinguished from illustration, such as cave drawing and painting, and non-symbolic preservation of language via non-textual media, such as magnetic tape audio.