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UNIT 11 The unit deals with the receptive skills, which are reading and listening and details some wide-ranging categories defining reasons for applying these skills. These include reading for a purpose, for entertainment, a combination of these two and the understanding and context required for understanding including our background knowledge and information. The degree of skill in this area depends on a expertise in areas including predictive skills, ability to scan information, skimming for a general idea and knowing how to focus when we seek detailed information. The ability to deduct from context is essential too. The problems arising from sentence length and word length as well as unfamiliar words, and the unit suggests that it is not necessary to know every single word in a text, rather that the teacher provides a pre-teaching vocabulary so the learners can get the gist of the text. Then it lists the obvious need for topics that will interest students, and suggests that discussion in the engage phase is motivating and also suggests comprehension tasks to be done in pairs. It sets out a patchwork lesson typical in teaching receptive skills, based on Elvis outlines a compelling lesson indeed. The unit also emphasizes the need for variety and suggests the activate phases should be incorporated to lead naturally on from the texts. Materials presented are engaging ie for understanding how to make comparisons about what people wear and includes grammatical rules for use of more than, less than, as?as, -er than and different from. The unit?s cheery illustrations lightens the load of teacher and hopefully of learners. The comparison of traditional clothing is innovative and will surely work well in the classroom. These ideas will make it easier to ensure comprehension and sustain interest.
