A language is a skill based subject. It is not like Science or Social Sciences for which understanding of concepts is more important. It is more like swimming, cycling or flying for which mere knowledge and understanding are not enough. The more you use them, the more proficient you become.
It is very important, therefore, that the learners are provided enough opportunities to practice the sub-skills like Reading, Listening, Speaking and Writing of the language. But the question is what is Reading and how is it different from the other sub-skills?
If we don’t understand the differences between these sub-skills, then the danger is the learning outcomes might get mixed up. We may assume we are teaching Reading or Listening but in reality we might be teaching Writing and vice versa.
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Published by Arun Jee
Arun Jee is a literary translator from Patna, India. He translates poems and short stories from English to Hindi and also from Hindi to English.
His translation of a poetry collection entitled Deaf Republic by a leading contemporary Ukrainian-American poet, Ilya Kaminski, was published by Pustaknaama in August 2023. Its title in Hindi is Bahara Gantantra.
His other book is on English Grammar titled Basic English Grammar, published in April 2023. It is is an outcome of his experience of teaching English over more than 35 years.
Arun Jee has an experience of editing and creating articles on English Wikipedia since 2009. He did his MA in English and PhD in American literature from Patna University. He did an analysis of the novels of a post war American novelist named Mary McCarthy for his PhD
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