The four language skills are listening, speaking, reading and writing. Listening and reading are receptive skills. Speaking and writing are productive skills. What are these categorized as?

The four language skills are listening, speaking, reading and writing. Listening and reading are receptive skills. Speaking and writing are productive skills. What are these categorized as?

• A. Language Skills
• B. Communicative Skills
• C. Literacy Skills
• D. Cognitive Skills

Answer: (A)

These are language skills, a standard label for the four modalities of language use in teaching. They cover both receptive (listening and reading) and productive (speaking and writing) activities, showing how learners receive and produce language. Using the term language skills keeps the scope broad enough to include all four modalities, unlike Literacy Skills which would focus mainly on reading and writing, Cognitive Skills which refers to general thinking processes, or Communicative Skills which emphasizes interaction rather than the modalities themselves.

These are language skills, a standard label for the four modalities of language use in teaching. They cover both receptive (listening and reading) and productive (speaking and writing) activities, showing how learners receive and produce language. Using the term language skills keeps the scope broad enough to include all four modalities, unlike Literacy Skills which would focus mainly on reading and writing, Cognitive Skills which refers to general thinking processes, or Communicative Skills which emphasizes interaction rather than the modalities themselves.