Distingguishing skill language and type of activity

Skill Subskill / Language Type of activitySpeaking  Fluency speaking at normal speech, without hesitation, repetition or self-correction, and with smooth use of connected speech  Accur

SKILL / SUBSKILL / LANGUAGE Vs TYPE OF ACTIVITY

Reading

 Reading for main idea

 Reading for specific information

 Reading for detail

 Extensive reading

 Intensive reading

 Inducing meaning

 Wh-questions for comprehension

 Multiple choice questions

 True / False questions

 Matching questions

 Form filling

 Ordering (scrambled texts)

Listening

 Listening for gist

 Listening for specific information

 Listening for detail

 Listening for individual sounds

 Listening for sentence stress

 Understanding body language

 Understanding speaker’s attitude

Skill Subskill / Language Type of activity

Speaking

 Fluency (speaking at normal speech, without hesitation, repetition or self-correction, and with smooth use of connected speech)

 Accuracy (correct form of grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation)

 Connected speech (contractions, rhythm)

 Appropriacy (level of formality that suits a situation)

 Interactive strategies (eye contact, facial expressions, asking check questions, confirming understanding)

 Drills (guided repetitions)

 Jazz chants

 Tongue twisters

 Role play

 Survey

 Information gap activity

Writing

 Accuracy (using correct form of language – spelling, forming letters, punctuating, using correct layouts, choosing the right vocabulary, using grammar correctly, joining sentences correctly, using paragraph correctly)

 Communicating a message (having ideas, organizing them, and expressing them in an appropriate style)

 Grammar exercises

 Copying sentences

 Dictation / altering dictation

 Jumbled texts

 Writing postcards, reports, CVs, …