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In this unit, it's all about teaching productive skills - speaking and writing. Also, a few games that can be adapted to language teaching. I have learned in this unit that speaking and writing are different in many ways. Writing requires a greater degree of accuracy while speaking on the other hand requires greater degree of fluency. Accuracy and fluency carry equal importance and both come into different stages in a lesson. As a teacher, we need to guide and encourage our students to make an interaction with the class. There are lots of creative speaking activity lessons that will help the students to be more interactive in the class. As for writing, there are also lots of things to consider: grammar, vocabulary, spelling, punctuation, hand writing and layout. Poor hand writing may influence the reader in a negative way and so we have to encourage our students to improve it. Incorrect spelling can also lead to misunderstanding and often be perceived by reader as a lack of education. Punctuation if used incorrectly can lead to rather awkward and difficult looking pieces of writing. To help our students learn the different layouts of writing, they need to be exposed to, and be given a chance to practice with different styles. Creative writing activities will also help them to practice what they have learned.
