The Importance Of Lrw Skills

The objective of an English teacher is to make the learners learn English successfully and to enhance their communicative competence as this is the need of the hour. In the present scenario the learners themselves are coming forward to learn English and they are actively participating in the classroom activities. With little guidance of the teacher they attempt to become the efficient scholars of English. So there is a complete shift from teacher oriented approach to a learner centered approach. The learners tend to participate actively when the class is interesting. To make the class more interesting the teacher selects the topics that interest them. Gradually this approach changed to an interest oriented learner centered approach. In this

Moreover the learning style of one learner is different from another learner. So the strategies they employ in learning a language also differ. For example some of the learners prefer listening to lectures on language to writing or reading the language. Some learners may be comfortable to read rather than to speak or write. But to learn a language they must improve the four basic LSRW skills. In order to achieve this they rely on various teaching aids, such as audio and visual aids, online resources and so on.

In this paper Reading, one of the language skills is selected. While teaching reading to the heterogeneous group of students of varied proficiency levels, a teacher must focus on what kind of strategies they are using based on their learning styles. Gradually these strategies form basis for their active, conscious, and purposeful self regulation of learning.

Key Words: Language teaching, learning styles, language strategies,

Visual learners remember best what they see, viz pictures, diagrams, flow charts, time lines, films, and demonstrations. Verbal learners gather information and memorize the same through written and spoken explanations. Everyone learns more when information is presented both visually and verbally. These learners can help themselves in study by searching images, diagrams, pictures, etc. to understand better while verbal learners can take their friend’s help by asking them to read out or explain the concepts. There are some more learners who tend to learn the things only in step wise manner and others by absorbing the materials and finding out connections