%0 Journal Article
%T Fundamentos te¨®ricos y pedag¨®gicos del enfoque de las destrezas integradas en la ense£¿anza de lenguas extranjeras
%A Mayora Pern¨ªa
%A Carlos Alberto
%J N¨²cleo
%D 2009
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%X in the last two decades, specialized literature on foreign language (fl) teaching methodology has emphasized a paradigm shift regarding the way the four language skills are taught. this implies a shift from a segregationist perspective on the skills (each taught unconnectedly and in a fixed sequence) towards a more integrationist one (two or more skills integrated in realistic and meaningful tasks). the latter has been labeled as the skills-integrated approach. however, in many fl classrooms segregationist practices still seem to be dominant. this article proposes a first step towards solving the above mentioned disparity between theory and practice by briefly, yet systematically, describing the origins and main underlying bases of the approach. the author ends with a proposal on how this issue might be fur ther addressed through field research.
%K skills
%K integration
%K theoretical underpinnings
%K authenticity
%K foreign languages.
%U http://www.scielo.org.ve/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0798-97842009000100004&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en