Concept:Language skills are split into receptive (input) and productive (output). Productive skills involve producing language.Explanation:The four basic language skills are listening, speaking, reading, and writing.Listening and reading are receptive skills – they focus on understanding language.Speaking and writing are productive skills – they require the learner to create and express language.Productive skills measure a learner’s ability to produce language through speech or written output.The table below summarizes the skills:
Skills
Description
Receptive
Listening
Receiving information through the ears.
Reading
Process of looking at a series of written words/symbols and getting meaning from them.
Productive
Speaking
Delivery of information through the mouth.
Writing
Process of using symbols (letters of the alphabet, punctuation, and spaces) to communicate thoughts in a readable form.