KARAKALPAK ACADEMIC LYCEUM UNDER MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN

Abstract

The article under discussion describes integration of the language skills into the teaching process of the English language. The authors of the article consider that Integrated Skills focuses on the four main English skills - reading, writing, speaking and listening through a “Communicative Language Teaching” methodology. Integration of the four skills is concerned with realistic communication, exposes English language learners to authentic language and challenges them to interact naturally in the language. This approach allows teachers to track students' progress in multiple skills at the same time. Integrating the language skills also promotes the learning of real content, not just the dissection of language forms. The integrated-skills approach, which  incorporates  listening,  speaking,  reading,  and writing, has become a new trend in EFL contexts as it is believed an effective approach to develop students’ communicative competence and the ability to use English to gain access to social, vocational, educational, or professional opportunities. Various from the traditional segregated language skills approach which presented a language skill in isolation from the others, the  integrated-skills approach presents all language skills in conjunction with each other so that the learners do not only knows the language they are learning but also are able to use it natural communication. This article reviews current studies and ideas related to integrated skills approach in order to provide a more clear understanding of its implementation in EFL contexts.