THE IMPORTANCE OF USING INTEGRATED METHODS IN TEACHING ENGLISH
Keywords:
integrated study skills, integrative approach, language skills, communication, EFL class, integrated methods.Abstract
Integrating the main four language skills means combining reading, writing listening and speaking in foreign language teaching in the classroom. In some cases, teachers separate language skills and highlight just one skill at a time. That was often for instructional purposes but even if it were possible to develop one or two skills effectively in the absence of the other language skills at the beginning stages, this does not ensure real communication using the language in which not only all the language skills but also communicative skills are employed simultaneously. In a normal situation, people use all language skills to communicate so experts in foreign language teaching have been moving in recent years toward integrating the four main language skills in EFL classes..
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