Oral skills (Listening and Speaking)

        Oral skills (Listening and Speaking)

      You will agree that all of us learn our mother tongue by listening to the language spoken in our family and surrendings.from this we may,infer that when we start learning a language, we first listen to it and then try to speak in it . Next come the reading and writing skills.

Listening and Speaking are two basic skills of language learning.A child first acquires language by listening and speaking to his/her family members.Both are interlinked. Listening depends on speaking and speaking on listening.If we do not listen attentively, we cannot speak or interact appropriately.

Activity: 

Step 1. Tell your learners to listen to the audio tape of the story 'Hare and Tortoise'

Step 2. Divide them in groups of 4 and 5 and ask them to tell the story one by one.

Other members of the group will listen to the story and add something where necessary.

Step 3.Invite  each group to make the presentation in front of other groups. Each learner of the group will get a chance to speak at least a few sentences.

Step 4.Now discuss the following questions:

1. What did all of you do in each group?

2.Are listening and speaking separate activities?

3.List the reasons why we say that speaking cannot be separated from listening.