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INTERNATIONAL HOUSE CERTIFICATE IN ADVANCED METHODOLOGY Module 3: Receptive Skills

3.1 Pre-session reading Before the session, go to one or more of the following websites (at least one for each skill) and read what they have to say about receptive skills: Reading: http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/think/articles/theories-reading http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/think/articles/theories-reading-2 http://esllanguageschools.suite101.com/article.cfm/exploring_second_language_reading Listening: http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/think/articles/listening-top-down-bottom http://eltnotebook.blogspot.com/2007/02/teaching-listening-top-down-or-bottom.html http://eltnotebook.blogspot.com/2007/03/developing-bottom-down-decoding-skills.html 3.2 Defining terminology From your teaching experience / pre-course reading, decide on definitions for the following terms: Bottom up Extensive Gist Genre Intensive Skimming Scanning Top down

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3.3 Questions to consider before the session 1. When a teacher says they are teaching a receptive skills lesson, what is meant by the word skills? 2. How are listening and reading similar yet different? 3. What problems do your students have with reading and listening?

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