The Four Language Skills

When we learn a language, there are four skills that we need for complete communication. When we learn our native language, we usually learn to listen first, then to speak, then to read, and finally to write. These are called the four "language skills":

1. Listening
2. Speaking
3. Reading
4. Writing

1. Listening

How can you hear English when you're not in an English-speaking country? Fortunately, there are many ways of hearing English in almost all countries of the world.

2. Speaking

Speaking to yourself can be "dangerous" because men in white coats may come and take you away!! That is why you should make every effort possible to find somebody to speak with. Practice is important!

3. Reading

Reading is a receptive skill - through it we receive information. But the complex process of reading also requires the skill of speaking, so that we can pronounce the words that we read. In this sense, reading is also a productive skill in that we are both receiving information and transmitting it (even if only to ourselves).

4. Writing

Now you are ready to write. It's different from Reading. Here you need to focus on paper. Every word and punctuation can change the meaning.

Source : http://www.englishclub.com

Speaking Tips in the Public

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Narrative Text

What is narrative text?

Narrative text is the text that tells story

Kinds of Narrative text:

• Legend
• Fable
• Fairy Tale
• Science Fiction

Generic Structure of Narrative Text
1. Orientation
This part tells about the characters in details and the scenes.

2. Complication
In this part, there is a conflict of the story or event.

3. Resolution
This last part gives us the conclusion or the solution of problem.

 Example of Narrative Text:

Pinocchio 

 Once upon a time, there was a puppeteer named Geppetto. He really wanted a boy but his wife has been died for a long time ago. One day, he had an idea. He wanted to make a puppet so he would never felt lonely again. He made a puppet all night without resting. In the morning, finally he finished his work. He named the puppet, Pinocchio. He played whole day with Pinocchio. However, he felt lonely again because Pinocchio couldn't talk or walk by himself. In the middle of the night, Geppetto prayed to the God. His wish was Pinocchio became a real boy, human. He thought it on his mind in his dream.

In the next morning, he surprised. Pinocchio was alive. He really was happy. He tough Pinocchio how to walk, how to speak, how to read etc. like a teacher. Pinocchio learned fast. He entered an elementary school. One day, Pinocchio felt bored. So, he went home late. Geppetto worried about him. When Pinocchio came to home, Geppetto asked him. He said he was on school but he didn't. Suddenly, Pinocchio's nose grow longer. It meant that Pinocchio lied.

The next day, Pinocchio got caught by thieves. The thieves was the owner of circus. Pinocchio became a slave for the circus. He was famous because he was a talking puppet. Geppetto worried him. Pinocchio didn't come home for 2 days. He found Pinocchio everywhere. When he discovered the sea, big wave smashed him. He was on whale's stomach when he awoke. He couldn't find the way out.

In different place, Pinocchio finally could get out from circus. He went to home but Geppetto wasn't on there. He found Geppetto at sea. He had the same accident like Geppetto. He met Geppetto in whale's stomach. They got out from its stomach by made a fire.

They went home back together. In the end, they lived happy forever after.

Story Board

Click this link to see the example of Story Board
http://fkip-unpak.org/elearning/file.php/47/moddata/assignment/223/901/Ivan.pdf

Kinds of Multimedia

Interactive multimedia is the tool that teacher use to teach in the class. This tool is digital thing. It can be combination between graphics, moving images, sound and text that presented digitally. Interactive multimedia allows the teacher to control what and when elements are delivered.

The strength of interactive multimedia is that the teacher has a full control of the tools. He/she is the only one who can access the tools. The weakness is that the student can’t access the tools. So they didn’t know what tools the teacher use. Somehow students need to know what tools the teacher use, so they can operate them by themselves.

Hyperactive multimedia is not really different from Interactive multimedia but it provides a structure of linked elements through which the user can navigate. The example is online learning. The teacher can put the material on the website than the students can submit it on it.

The strength of hyperactive multimedia is save more time. The teacher just put the material on website and waits the students’ answer. So if the teacher can’t come to the class, he/she can do that way. The weakness is the teacher doesn’t know which the answer really answered by the students or not. It can be that the students don’t answer the questions by themselves.

Linear multimedia means the users watch from beginning to end. The example is movie presentations such as pre-recorded instructional videos or fictional movies recorded for entertainment purposes, and printed books and magazines. The teacher presents printed books or magazines on slide show.

The strength of linear multimedia is more interactive than non-linear multimedia. It also makes the students absorb the information easily. The weakness is no communication between teacher and students. Students only watch from beginning till end.