Core Skills

A detailed definition of the term "core skills" in the context of "skills & strategies".

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Core Skills

Reading, writing, speaking, and listening; the four core skills for language learning.

When it comes to learning, practicing, and maintaining langauges, there are four skills to keep in mind:

  1. Speaking
  2. Reading
  3. Writing
  4. Listening

These can be grouped at a higher level by looking at speaking and writing as active skills, while reading and listening are passive skills. Active skills require you to produce language, while passive skills require you to understand language. Producing language is also known as output, and understanding is known as input.