HLT3701 Exam Prep Summary

HLT3701 Exam Prep Summary HLT3701 – Home Language Teaching Learning unit 1: Knowledge and Facilitation of Language Skills in the Foundation Phase Section 1: What are language skills and why are they important? What are the four language skills? (p.15 – 16) → There are 4 language skills that are required for effective communication. → They are:  Listening  Speaking  Reading  Writing Listening:  Refers to receiving language through the ears.  When listen, we make use of our ears to receive individual sounds, and make use of our brain to convert these sounds into messages that means something to us. Learning outcomes: After studying this unit, you will be able to: Define four language skills, namely, listening, speaking, reading and writing Design activities for facilitating language skills Select and apply appropriate methods for teaching beginner readers to read Reflect on and adapt the teaching and learning of language skills accordingly S - The study-notes marketplace Downloaded by: engelalegrange | Distribution of this document is illegal S - The study-notes marketplace Kayla van Deventer 6396 – 630 – 1 HLT3701 Exam Prep 2  Listening, any language, requires focus and giving attention to the language we are hearing. Speaking:  Refers to the delivery of spoken language through the mouth.  Refers to ability to communicate meaningfully in the language, by speaking grammatically correct sentences and appropriate vocabulary.  Refers to how you speak, with the correct intonation, stress, timing and speech. Reading:  Refers to the process of looking at written language and making sense.  When reading we use our eyes to see the print and use our brain to convert the print into words and sentences that communicate meaning.  Reading can be silent (in our head) or out aloud (other people to hear) Writing:  Refers to the process of using written language to communicate thoughts and ideas in a form that can be read.  Make use of a pen or pencil (handwriting) or keyboard (typing) to write.  To write clearly it is essential to understand the basic system of the language, incl. knowledge of vocabulary and grammar. Using Language skills: (page 16) o Even though there is 4 skills, they do not function separately or in isolation. o They are interrelated. o In the classroom, whilst doing an activity on Language the chances for a lesson to include 2-4 of these language skills, has a big possibility to be used together.