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What Are The Four Language Skills

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Every language has it’s own four basic skills which learners should master if they want to use language properly. It is the same when we learn our native language, first, we learn to listen, then to speak, then to read and at the end to write. We call it the four language skills.
When students learn the language they have to improve it with good grammar and rich vocabulary. It is assumed this is not the final purpose. The learner has to be able to use language but also he has to possess other skills and abilities which he will need. Sometimes learners are good at listening and speaking and we cannot say for them that they are good at English. It also happens that some learners do better in reading and writing than in listening and speaking, it means thay can easily read and write, but they can hardly communicate. They are not able to express themselves with their own words. One teacher is not able to change the educational system but he can improve learning using methods which helps learners to enrich their knowledge. If learners want to use the language properly they have
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Today students are natural producers and consumers of information. It is a natural ability which possesses every student. In the traditional classroom, it was not valued enough so today teachers should use every opportunity to promote creativity. The teacher should encourage students to analyze the information they learned and to make new connections with that information. Doing rewarding projects and meaningful tasks give them challenges to show their creativity. When you ask them what they would like to create you will get different responses. Students need the freedom to express their new ideas without judgment. They are constantly searching ways to express their creativity and uniqueness and creative student have the courage to make a
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