The Four Language Skills

Writing Is a kind of typing symbols, letters and other writing tools to help the writer communicate with the reader or connect his ideas. It is the fourth skill in language skills and the most one that needs creation and imagination. In this essay, I am going to write about the importance of developing writing.

In the video, Dr. Jim Cummins discusses the three language proficiencies. Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills, these are the elementary skills of listening and speaking which are learned quickly by those language learners whose native language is similar to English. Discreet Language Skills focus on literacy, phonological, and grammatical language that students obtain from direct instruction. Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency refers to the student’s ability to use academic language when listening, talking, reading, and

One-point teachers should be aware of language acquisition is that the child ability to participate in a classroom may be affect because of the lack of communication, must of the time students that are second language learners tend to stay quite and demonstrate lack of understanding. It is important to identify these students to be able to approach and teach them adequately.

Most college students may know how to write. Many of them tend to think writing is just a basic skill and if you are one of them you’re wrong! College students who think writing is a basic skill, in my opinion, need to change their way of thinking since it’s just a myth. Writing is a complex and it’s a tough skill to master. I read an article, “Writing Is Not Just a Basic Skill”, by Mark Richardson. I agree with Richardson’s way of thinking regarding this myth, this myth can be harmful to those students who tend to think they know how to write just because they are familiar with grammatical usage, mechanics and the format of an essay or assignment. On the contrary, when it comes to writing we need to know how to use rhetoric and make your ideas and thoughts clear to be able to transmit what we are talking about.

A learner’s ability to communicate effectively through writing to his/her target audiences is a major prerequisite for academic success. It is also a major pillar of success in one’s career across all areas of practice. Even though, writing clearly is critical to one’s academic and career success, I have not always loved writing. In fact, for a long time I despised writing. At one point, I had a feeling that my writings skills were bound to remain stagnated throughout my life. However, time has proven that I was wrong. My attitude and outlook towards virtually all genres of writing has changed positively. The various helpful methods I have been exposed to by my English teachers through different grades have helped me to improve not only my comprehension and interpretation skills but also my writing skills in general. I contend that, the improvement of my comprehension skills and appreciating the importance of thinking clearly has facilitated the improvement of my writing skills.

This semester I was surprised by how much I actually learned and developed my writing skills. I was given the opportunity to learn the many steps that it is required to become a good writer. Writing requires a lot of work. It consists of various steps; prewriting, drafting, rewriting, proofreading and publishing. . All of these components are extremely important, and necessary, and will need to be follow to improve student’s writing.

“Writing is an extremely versatile tool that can be used to accomplish a variety of goals (Graham, 2006). It provides a medium for maintaining personal links with family, friends, and colleagues, even when we are unable to be with them. People use writing to create imagined worlds, tell stories, share information, explore who they are, combat loneliness, and chronicle their experiences. In fact, writing about one’s feelings and experiences can be beneficial psychologically and physiologically” (Graham, Gillespie, & Mckeown, 2013). Writing skills are a very valuable asset to have. How you write can say a lot about a person when looking for a career. Misspelling and incorrect grammar can make or break a resume and very much cost you the job of your dreams. Writing is also very important in your educational success. Graham and Herbert review two advantages of writing. The first is that teaching writing has a positive impact on how

According to Simon Ager, writing is the activity representing language in visual or palpable form (Ager). In today’s society becoming a good writer is challenging. There are many things you have to learn and several obstacles you have to over come in order to be considered a good writer. The question is,“what makes someone a good writer?” There are many traits that one must need to be a good writer, such as connecting the dots, expressing ideas clearly, writing in their heads, etc. Some professors today wonder whether anyone can really be taught to write and why some students do not know how to write before going into college. As I began my undergraduate studies at York College, I was not confident in my writing, until entering my Writing 303 class this semester. During my Writing 303 class, I have become a better writer by focusing on heuristic analysis, epistemology, research, and arguments.

Writing is a tool used in many subjects, and it has a great deal of importance in our society. In this article written by Fish, the reader is given his perspective on what a writing course should encompass. Fish begins the article by pointing out the problem with english composition classes today. On the first page he mentions how one day ,while grading papers, he noticed that his graduate students did not write clean proper sentences. Fish took it upon himself to find out why students lack simple writing skills and how english composition professors can fix it? After finding the answers to his questions Fish came to the conclusion that the only way to teach writing is by focusing on technique and sentence structure. He believes that once a student masters the skills it takes to write then they can write successfully. Writing is used daily and it is important that we master the ability. Fish has a good argument that supports the focus on writing technique, but he misses the importance of other writing factors such as evidence, audience, and rhetoric.

Students can learn language skills very quickly by participating in different activates like JAM, Debate, Extempore, Role-play, Mock- Group Discussions, vocabulary games presentations, seminars etc. so teacher should be confident and competent to lead the students towards proficient in English language. They become proficient in English by learning language skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing). It is great challenge to the Modern English teacher to make the students expert in English. This paper aims at to discuss role of English teacher, challenges in teaching English language in modern era and ways to learn language skills through different sources.

“Listening is perhaps the most essential skill for second/foreign (L2) language learning, particularly at the beginning stages. It internalises the rules of language and facilitates the emergence of other language skills” (Stella Hurd and Tim lewis, 2008).Communication is vital part of our daily lives .we sit in a school listen to the teachers we read the books we talk to the friends watching television and communication over through the internet. “Communication involves at least two people: the sender and the receiver” (Viva career skills library, 2007).

Writing is an art that can only be learned through repetition and practice, much like anything else one must fail to succeed and learn from their mistakes. If one wishes to teach their students properly they must themselves remember what it took for them to get where they are. As the correlation between what is learned and what can be taught must be understood completely.

In teaching and learning English, there are two aspects that should be concerned. The first one is the language skills such as speaking, listening, reading, and writing. The second one is the language components such as vocabulary, and grammar. These two aspects are taught in order to make the students achieve the ability in communicating both in spoken and written forms.

Pragmatics skills which are include conversational skills, asking, giving and responding to information, turn taking, asking for clarification, adjusting language based on situation and asking for help or offering help appropriately are the example of the skills that should be mastered by the language learners. This is because all of these skills are commanly used in our daily life especially during conversation. We communicate with each other through conversation whether in verbal or non-verbal. Without

The first language skill human acquired is listening. People learn to listen by listening to their surroundings. Through listening, they recognize sounds and differentiate their meanings. After people are able to listen, they start to learn to speak. They learn to speak by imitating the sounds they have heard. The next skill human acquired is reading. People start to learn