- Receptive skills - something that you receive (കിട്ടുന്നത്)
- Listening: The ability to understand spoken language. / സംസാരിക്കുന്ന ഭാഷ മനസ്സിലാക്കാനുള്ള കഴിവ്
- Reading: The ability to understand written language. / എഴുതപ്പെട്ട ഭാഷ മനസ്സിലാക്കാനുള്ള കഴിവ്
- These skills are termed "receptive" because they involve receiving information rather than producing it.
Productive skills, on the other hand, are:
- Speaking: The ability to produce spoken language.
- Writing: The ability to produce written language.