4 language skills task..

Regarding this task, I'm responsible to complete the task focusing on reading skill. As we all know, all these four skills are important to be developed in children in order to achieve the objectives of the KBSR syllabus. In fact, English language is now a very important mean of communication whereby most countries communicate in English whether in education, business, conversation and so on. So, it is undeniable that Malaysians need to cope up with the the usage of English language. This means that the development of language skills should start since young. Children especially are still fresh and their mind accept most of the things they learn through exploring and manipulating although there might be some slow-learners. But it is good to train them since they are young and still fresh. Their mind is like a "blank state", so what ever they learn might not be understandable to them unless they explore and manipulate it. As for English language, by all means they need to have contact with the language if they want to successfully grasp the language. Teachers and not to mention parents also play important role to create the opportunities to children to learn and communicate in English. However, it should be done in a proper way. As for reading skill, the teachers should instill in them proper reading strategies through contact with various forms of reading text. They should know how to read, scan or scheme, classify or make association when they encounter a text and also different types of text. In fact, when they read a lot, their store of vocabulary increases and this will eventually help them in writing skill. As in school, reading comprehension questions are reinforcement of children's understanding towards a text. This will tell the teacher whether the child reads and understand the passage or just merely reading with no understanding towards the passage.

i hope with this activity, it will give me a clearer idea on how to develop resources that are appropriate to be used for reading activities.