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The unit deals with the productive skill: speaking and writing, fundamental to the complex process of communication. It is down to the teacher to create an interest, a desire to listen and set in process the activity of engagement. It distinguishes between fluency and accuracy, introduced at different stages of the lesson and equally important. It details controlled activities, guided activities and creative communication as well as providing techniques to encourage interaction in the classroom. These activities are essential for fluency and the unit provides a typical free or creative speaking activity lesson based on the topic of weather. It provides guidelines that include careful preparation before the lesson, stimulation through visuals and clear instructions including vocabulary structures. Monitoring and evaluation are important but correction is post facto and over-correction is avoided. The art of feedback is outlined, as timing is crucial and with it the assurance that students sustain the confidence to experiment with language. In terms of writing, sensitivity is required to ensure understanding, arising from an awareness of the differences of the students? own language structure and an effort to ensure that students learn to spell correctly through extensive reading. Layout and punctuation differs in different languages and students need time to prepare their written work, taking into account the rules. Creative writing encourages free flow and fluency, and the unit outlines a straight arrow lesson in writing speech bubbles for a cartoon. The unit provides references to games with Wikipedia addresses and these provide a framework for lessons, ensuring variety and loads of stimulation.
