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The Teaching Productive Skills Unit focuses on two skills: speaking and writing. Writing is often a neglected skill in the TEFL world as it can be seen as ?quiet time? ? in other words a waste of class time. It is often relegated to homework where it is not done! It requires a greater degree of ?accuracy?, as opposed to spelling which requires a greater degree of ?fluency?. The productive skills are used to communicate a purpose; in order to listen to something; for interest, etc. In writing, accuracy activities, which usually occur in the ?Study phase?, are concerned with producing correct language. It is usually controlled by teacher input. In the ?Activate phase?, fluency activities allow the student to experiment and be creative with language. Both are equally important. Writing skills differ in that the usage of grammar, spelling and more formal dialogue is expected. Students from countries with different alphabets and writing styles can experience difficulties here of which the teacher needs to be aware. English is not a phonetic language. Handwriting is a personal thing, but needs to be tackled along with content to ensure that the impression given is not of an ill-educated individual. Finally, this Unit covered the use of games which can lighten a lesson and create interest and enable better classroom communication.
