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IntegratedSkillsRolesofGroupWorkTheoriessearchingforinformation:YinYunfei&SongYunyanpresentation:ShaoXinVideoAnalysissearchingforinformation:YinZejin&ZhangHuipresentation:FuYaoIntroductionofaresearcharticleonteachingoftheskillinquesitonsearchingforinformation:GuYanfeipresentation:JinHongTeachingofIntegratedSkills•Whattoteach?•Whytoteach?•Howtoteach?•Whataretheimplications?What?•Languageskillsinvolveskillsoflistening,speaking,readingandwriting,aswellastheintegratedskillstoapplythesefourskills.(theEnglishLanguageCurriculumStandard)ReceptiveSkillsProductiveSkillsOralMediumListeningSpeakingWrittenMediumReadingWritingWhy?Whenwecommunicate,weoftenusemorethanasinglelanguageskill.AttendingalectureWhy?•Integratingtheskillsmeansthatweareworkingatthelevelofrealisticcommunication,whichistheaimofcommunicativeapproachandanintegralpartofessentialconditionsforlanguagelearning.ConditionsforlanguagelearningEssentialExposuretoarichbutcomprehensibleinputofrealspokenandwrittenlanguageinuseUseofthelanguagetodothings(i.e.exchangemeanings)Motivationtolistentoandreadthelanguageandtospeakandwrite(i.e.toprocessandusetheexposure)DesirableInstructionInlanguage(i.e.chancestofocusonform)How?Twotypesofintegration1.Simpleintegration:integrationwithinthesamemedium(eitheroralorwritten),fromreceptivetoproductiveskills2.Complexintegration:constructingaseriesofactivitiesthatuseavarietyofskillsSimpleintegrationReceptiveSkillsProductiveSkillsOralmediumListeningSpeakingWritingmediumReadingWritingEg.Simpleintegration•MynameisJimGreen.Iliveat152JianguoStreet,notfarfromthecentreofthecity.Ihavelivedtheresince1990.IgotoNumber14MiddleSchool.I’vebeenastudenttherefornearlytwoandahalfyears.•Nowwriteaboutyourselfinthesameway.Complexintegration•Thisinvolvesconstructingaseriesofactivitiesthatuseavarietyofskills.Ineachoftheactivity,thereisrealistic,communicativeuseoflanguage.underthesametopicthematicallylinkedrealisticEg.ComplexintegrationTitle:“whatcanIdotochangemymood?”Oralactivity:adiscussioningroupsonwhattheywilldowhentheyare:shy,nervous,angry,upset,sad,underpressure,ect.GetinterestedinthetopicRelatethetopictothepersonalexperienceFamiliarizewithsomenewwordsReadingactivity:readadialoguebetweenastudentandanexpertwithquestionsandadvice.Andtheyneedtomatchthequestionswiththeadvicegiven.Enrichgeneralknowledge&LanguageknowledgeReadingandwritingactivity:studentsreadagainthedialogueandthencompleteatableofinformationontheproblem,possiblecausesandadvicegivenbytheexpert.OrganizeinformationinamorestructuredwayTheimplicationsforteaching1.Focusondiscourse2.Adjustthetextbookcontents3.AdjustthetimetableFocusondiscourseWeneedtobeawareofthediscoursefeaturesofatextandtobeabletomakestudentsawareofthem,whichmakecleartheteachingpointsand,forsimpleintegration,thediscoursefeaturesarethemainlanguageaspects.Discoursefeatures•Thewaythatthetextisorganised•Itslayout•Thestyleofthelanguage•TheregisterAdjustthetextbookcontentsThiscouldinvolvealteringtheorderofthecontents.Althoughmoderntextbookshavesomeintegrationofthefourskills,westillneedtomakesomechangestothecontents.Asteachers,wehavetouseourprofessionaljudgementtodecidehowmuchdetailweshouldincludeinourlisten.Itisimportanttofindabalance.Forexample,ifthediscourseofthewritingactivityiscloselyrelatedtothereadingpassage,butisplacedinadifferentpartoftheunitinthetextbook,wecouldfocusonthewritingstraightafterwefinishthereadingpassage.Forsimpleintegration,wecandeignalisteningorreadingcomprehensionactivitythatbecomesaplanforspeakingorwriting.Forcomplexintegration,itcouldmeanmakingchangestotheactivitiesinthetextbook.apracticalimplication:timetabling•Insomeschools,awholelessonisgiventoteachingoneskill,andthisisencouragedbythearrangementofmaterialsinthetextbook.•Inordertointegratetheskillsbetter,wehavetomakethetimetablearrangementsmoreflexible.Limitationsofintegratingthefourskills•Althoughintegratingthefourskillscanhelpthedevelopmentofstudents’communicativecompetence,wemustnotoverlooktheusefulrolethataseparatefocusonindividualaspectsofvocabulary,grammarandskillscanplay.Therefore,itisnecessaryforteacherstomaintainanappropriatebalancebetweenintegrationandseparation.Tointegratethefourskills,weneedtohaveagoodunderstandingofdiscourse,andtobeabletousetextbooksflexibly,whichcanbetime-consuming,requiringalotofpreparation.Teachersaresobusythattheycannotsparemuchtimeforextrapreparatorywork.Designingsuitablematerialsthattakeintoaccountstudents’differentskilllevelscanbeanotherlimitation.Thefourskillstendtodevelopatadifferentpace:receptiveskillsarestrongerthanproductiveskills,forexample.So,teachershavetobeskillfulinselectingordesigningintegratedactivitiesforstudents.However,theselimitationsshouldnotpreventteachersfromusingtheintegrativeapproach,becausethefocusonrealisticlanguageinusecanhelpstudentsdevelopcommunicativecompetence.Learningenglishcanbemoremotivating,becausethestudentsareusingthelanguageforarealpurpose.Integrationrequiresskillfulteaching,butitcanbringworthwhileresults.•Thisclassisthekindofcomplexintegration•1.allthetasksoflistening,reading,speakinga