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Which are considered to be the secondary skills in a language?
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OTET 2026 Social Studies Question Paper (5-Jul-2026)
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Reading and writing
Listening and Speaking are the primary skills, acquired naturally before a child learns to read or write. Reading and Writing are the secondary (literacy) skills, which are formally taught later.
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- Linguistic competence enables learners to ____________.
- Multilingualism in India intends teachers to understand :
- Which of the following is the receptive skill only ?
- Which of the following are the productive skills only?
- Subash, a teacher of class VIII regrets, “Language assessment generally does not give importance to receptive skills." What does he mean by ‘receptive skills'?
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