Salam
Here is an idea about how to teach the receptive skills ( according to the British TKT training Ourgla December 2011)
Trainer started by the KWL (Know – Want – Learn ), trainees said what they Know about the receptive skills such us Reading/Listening - senses- emotion – to hear- comprehension – understanding – guessing – predicting – scanning and skimming. They were asked to talk about what they Want to know from the workshop such us Vocabulary – how to teach the receptive skills – the types of activities – kind of questions – strategies – methods and ways – teachers tasks and learners role. At the end of the lesson , trainer asked the trainees what they learnt (Learn) : how to teach the receptive skills – the purpose – the steps- new vocabs – strategies – how to motivate learners – how to link the CBA to our skills.
Trainer demonstrated a lesson from second year book (2AM) ,the text of Djuha’s story , he asked the trainees to draw a small house, a grand-father , a grand-mother, a father , a mother, six children and a goat. She asked them if it is possible of this big family to live in a small house.This was like a warm up to the lesson. The trainer gave the trainees the handouts containing the text , and then he wrote on the board words and he asked the trainees to say to what do they (the words)refer ?. As in each activity, the trainees worked in groups and gave their answers.
Three steps should be followed when preparing a receptive skill lesson : Pre- reading/listening:
• Set the scene.
• Prediction.
• Vocabs. While reading/listening:
• Set Extensive task.
• Read / listen
• Discuss answers in groups
• Feedback.
• Set intensive task.
• Read/listen again.
• Group discussion.
• Feedback. NB: the extensive and the intensive tasks should be done together , they are complementary
Post reading/ listening: set a role play , discussion , writing ....etc.
for more information about that training just download Miss Zitouni's report
Good Luck