REVIEWER IN ENGLISH
Purpose of Teaching Language Skills
   1. Increase comprehensibility (Krashen’s theory)- comprehensible input
      Native Language- instructions using student’s NL
   2. Increase Interaction (Swain Emphasis)- comprehensible output
   3. Increase Thinking Skills (Cummins’s Theories)- academic language
Strategies in Teaching Language Skills
Learner’s Attitudes and Motivation
ATTITUDES- motivation as a construct
      Positive Attitudes- enhanced proficiency
      Negative Attitudes- decreased motivation
MOTIVATION- behavioristic, cognitive, constructivist
EXTRINSIC MOTIVATION- desire a praise or recognition
INTRINSIC MOTIVATION- no reward
Learners Level of Ability
      Physical Abilities- demanding to do task
      Emotional- manage feelings
      Social- socialize with others
        Group 1 Report
Six Language teaching process that explain the natural process of language development
       Spiral Progression- revisit the same topics
       Interaction- use language successfully
       Integration- develop their ability
       Contextualization- putting meaningful and real context
       Learners-centeredness- active agents
       Construction- develop language skills
The three major applications of the macro-skills of the language
       Understanding the cultures- text types, learners develop sociolinguistic and sociocultural
       Understanding Language- recognize the patterns and rules
       Process and Strategy- brainstorming and discussion
        Group Task- Project work, Group Problem Solving, Games
Making meaning through language
Language is the major instrument of communication (oral and written)
Language is the heart which we are exchanging meaning.
The skills, grammatical items structures and various types of texts will be taught.
The five (5) macro-skills (listening, speaking, reading, writing and viewing) serve as the building blocks
for understanding and creation of meaning and for effective communication.
HOLISTIC- ongoing gathering of information
Characteristics of Assessment
   1.   Proximity to actual language skills use and performance- based on activities
   2.   A holistic view of language- based on the notion
   3.   An integrative view of learning- based on the idea
   4.   Developmental Appropriateness- set of expectations
   5.   Multiple Referencing- obtaining information
Group 2
MACRO SKILLS IN TEACHING
       Listening- hearing and perceiving others opinion
        NOT EVERY PERSON, MUST HEAR TO LISTEN
       Speaking- delivery of language
       Reading- fundamental skill
       Writing- expressing thoughts
       Viewing- This is the skill to be taught as the learners are exposed on multimedia.