MacroSkills in Language teaching and Learning

The Macroskills

1. MACRO SKILLS
ORAL SKILLS
LITERACY SKILLS
RECEPTIVE AND PRODUCTIVE SKILLS
Week 1
AnaMae M. Monteza, PhD
Subject Instructor

2. Unit Learning Objective
✔ Identify the five (5) macroskills of English

3. A. Oral Skills
1. Listening
2. Speaking

4. 1. LISTENING
Listening is the ability
to accurately receive and
interpret messages in the
communication process.
There are three common
modes
competitive,
of
listening:
passive and active.

5. 2. SPEAKING
Speaking is done through the
human
vocalization
communication.
of
Speaking
context
depends on the
wherein
communication will take place.
Speaking can be formal or

6. B. LITERACY SKILLS
1. Reading
2. Writing

7. 1. READING
Reading comprehension involves
the
intention of deriving meaning
from the text.
This can be used for sharing
knowledge, for self-development
or simply for
decoding
symbols with

8. 2. WRITING
Writing is the process of using
symbols to communicate
thoughts and ideas in a readable
form.
Writing
meaningful
allows for a
more in-depth transmission of
ideas compared to speaking.
Follow the writing process:
and

9. 3. VIEWING
Refers to the ability to perceive
meaning from visual images and
presentations Process that
supports oracy and literacy
Broadens students

10. Ways to represent ideas visually:
Drawings
Photographs
Organizational graphs and charts
Videos
Multimedia
Web Pages and web based - correspondence

11. 4. RECEPTIVE AND PRODUCTIVE
ORAL LITERACY
SKILLS SKILLS
Listening Reading
Speaking Writing
Receptive Skills
Productive Skills

13. Significa
nce of the
Four
Macro
Skills
To effectively communicate
To understand subtext and various
aspects of communication To solve
future problems or successfully
essentially
objectives which
derive from effective communication
To accomplish four main purposes
including: expressing wants and needs,
developing social closeness, exchanging
social
information, and fulfilling
etiquette routines (Light, 1997)

14. Thank You

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