1. IntegratingLanguageSkills TroughGames

2. Integrating the four skills Teaching of language as communication calls for an approach which brings linguistic skills and communicative abilities likewise into close association with each other (Widdowson: 1992, 145). Integrated skills can be defined as a series of activities and tasks which use any combination of the four skills in a continuous and related sequence (Matthews: 1991).

3. Why integrating the skills? There are two main reasons: practise extend the students’ use of a particular language structure or function and develop the students’ ability in two or more of the four skills within a constant context. How?

4. Some models… R W S W S W L S W R W L W S L S R W

6. Input before output: it helps to ensure that there is a presentation before production.

7. Realism: it allows the development of abilities in a realistic communicative framework.

8. Appropriateness: recognise and redeploy the language they are learning.

9. Variety: it can help to move the class and maintain motivation.

10. Recycling: allows the recycling and revision of language already taught and is therefore useful for remedial teaching

14. 20% of what he/she sees and hears.

15. 70% of what he/she sees, hears and says.

17. Ingredients for games

18. Who are games for? Everybody

20. Skills: speaking and listening.

22. Skills: speaking and listening.

24. Skills: listening and speaking, writing (spelling).

26. Skills: listening and speaking

28. Skills: speaking and listening.

30. Skills: listening and speaking.

32. Skills: speaking, listening, writing and reading.

34. Skills: listening, reading, speaking and writing.

36. Negative reaction Confusion Bookwork: manageable and fun Twoways: making sure the students are warmed up before and make sure the feeling continues after books open. Book work is fun work!!!!!!!

38. Skills: listening, speaking.

40. Skills: all

43. Thankyou

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