Teaching Receptive Skills

 Welcome back :)

Here we are to complete the four macro skills, let's talk about the receptive skills: Reading and listening.

Receptive skills refer to the ability to understand and comprehend spoken or written language. These skills include listening and reading comprehension. Teaching receptive skills is important for learners to be able to effectively communicate and interact with others.

To teach receptive skills, it is important to create a supportive and engaging learning environment. This can be achieved by using a variety of teaching strategies such as authentic materials, interactive activities, and differentiated instruction.

when we refer to Listening comprehension we are talking about an essential skill for effective communication. And in order to teach listening comprehension, it is important to use authentic materials such as videos, podcasts, and songs.

Some fun activities that we can use:

Role plays

Group discussions

Listening games

And when we refer to Reading we are talking about another important receptive skill. And in order  to teach reading comprehension, it is important to use materials that are appropriate for the learners' level and interests. This can include authentic materials such as news articles, short stories, and novels.

Some fun activities that we can use:

Reading circles

Summarizing exercises

Discussion groups

Also, teaching learners strategies such as skimming, scanning, and predicting can help them become more efficient readers. (This also, applied to listening)

As well, we discussed about Differentiated instruction which involves tailoring instruction to meet the individual needs and abilities of each learner. To do this, teachers can use a variety of strategies such as flexible grouping, tiered assignments, and varied instructional materials. And this help to students to learn at their own pace and in a way that works best for them because not everyone learns in the same way so is very important to adapt the lessons to the student's needs and levels.

To determine the progress and the areas where students need improvement we can use methods such as:

Quizzes

Test 

Performance tasks

To conclude, we receive  information by listening and reading into our body and this receptive skill helps us to learn effective communication and interact with others. And do not forget that teaching receptive skills is about empowering learners to become effective communicators and lifelong learners.

Well, this is all for today, I hope you enjoy this entry :)

Until, next time 

With love, Kat