INTEGRATION OF LANGUAGE LEARNING SKILLS IN SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION

Effective and efficient communication is direly required to compete in this everchanging modern world. The importance of English as a key foreign language is unquestionable which emphasizes learning it so well as to be its competent user. Teaching English as a second language (SL) is a very challenging task but a language teacher (LT) can make it a success and enjoyable with the help of introducing different activities in the class and by the integration of the four Language Learning Skills (LLSs), i.e. Listening skill, Reading Skill, Writing Skill and Speaking Skill. Ironically the teachers of English language have been concentrating on just one language skill, i.e. “Writing Skill”. The paper argues that any language can’t be taught in isolation; we must integrate the four LLSs to produce proficient users of that language.