Lecture Speech Styles. Features of the scientific method

1.2 The importance of productive skills

• The productive language skills of writing and speaking are essential to students' ability to communicate effectively and navigate various social, academic, and later professional situations. These skills play a vital role in fostering interpersonal understanding and enabling students to express their thoughts, ideas, and emotions.

1.3 The ways of developing productive skills in teaching foreign language

• Finding a Conversation Partner: (native English speaker)
• Listening As Well As Speaking; (recorded conversations)
• Recording Conversation Practice: 
• Surrounding Yourself With The English Language: 
• Practicing With Music and Movies
• Reading Aloud
• Talking To Yourself
• Building our vocabulary
• Improving your pronunciation
• Retelling a story in English
• Review grammar and spelling basics.

CHAPTER II. ASSESSING PRODUCTIVE SKILLS 2.1Different types of assessments of productive skills

• Text-based: Does this assessment stem from a relevant text like a story, movie, or article?
• Cultural / sociolinguistic factors: Does this assessment consider any relevant cultural factors for the given context?
• Communication strategies: Have I equipped my students with the proper skills and tools to properly complete the task / assessment? 
• Student backgrounds: Have I considered how student backgrounds might play a role in their responses to this task / assessment?

2.2 The benefits and effects of assessments in teaching productive skills

• Providing and applying the assessment for speaking and writing appropriately might help the teacher in observing and deciding students’ strength and weaknesses that would be needed for further consideration in setting the material and classroom activities. Teacher prepares the assessment along with the material for teaching itself.