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I was completely blind going into this unit and feel as though I can really benefit from focusing language skills on Receptive and Productive areas. It is completely logical to me that Reading and Listening are Receptive Skills, while Speaking and Writing are Productive Skills. Nonetheless, it is enlightening to have terms and structure to this self-evident aspect of language training. I think in my own teaching, I have lacked sufficient Listening and Speaking focus and instead concentrated on Reading and Writing. I am going to try to balance all four aspects moving forward. I do think I do a better job at equalizing the time we spend on purposeful and entertaining reading, although I could probably try to find material that specifically interests my students. Knowing about the Specialized Skills that readers and listeners must ascertain and perfect will help me with my planning. I hope to develop curriculum that strengthens students' Predictive, Scanning, Skimming, Detail-Oriented, and Deduction Skills. I think I am fairly consistent with pre-teaching difficult vocabulary, however, I could spend more time engaging students and developing different methods for reading comprehension.
