MACRO SKILLS OF

LANGUAGE
Angelo Vincent R. Sapon
MACRO SKILLS OF
LANGUAGE?
MACRO SKILL
OF LANGUAGE:

Set of primary
skills of language
FOUR MACRO SKILLS
OF LANGAUGE
LISTENING
 Listening
• Understand what is heard
• Basis for the three
• Recieve information
• Three basic models
THREE MODELS OF LISTENING
1 2 3
ACTIVE LISTENING PASSIVE LISTENING COMPETITIVE LISTENING
• Actively listens • Pays attention • Push their own opinions
• Lets the speaker finish • Still interested • Flaws over message
• Rarely distracted • No interaction • inattentive
• Reply and share
• Non-verbal cues
• verbal affirmation
SPEAKING
 SPEAKING
• Direct
• Express
• Give information
• Convenient
SPEAKING SKILLS
• Fluency
• Vocabulary
• Grammar
• Pronounciation
READING
READING
• Understand written
materials
• Recieve information
• Evaluate
• Analyze
FIVE COMPONENTS OF
READING
• Phoneme Awareness
• Phonics
• Fluency
• Vocabulary
• Comprehension
WRITING
Writing
• Express
• Print
• Character & Symbols
• Give information
WRITING SKILLS
• Grammar
• Punctuation
• Spelling
• Main and supporting ideas
• Word orders
• Capitalization
RELATIONSHIPS OF
THE FOUR MACRO
SKILLS
 ORAL SKILLS
SPEAKING + LISTENING = ORAL SKILLS
ORAL COMMUNICATION
 LITERACY SKILLS
READING + WRITING = LITERACY SKILLS
WRITTEN COMMUNICATION
 RECEPTIVE SKILLS
LISTENING + READING = RECEPTIVE SKILLS
RECIEVING INFORATION
 PRODUCTIVE SKILLS
SPEAKING + WRITING = PRODUCTIVE SKILLS
PRODUCE MESSAGE
Examples
• Class recitations (Oral skills)
• Doing research (Literacy Skill)
• Spoken word poetry activity (Productive Skills)
• Learning a second language (Receptive Skills)
CONCLUSION
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Sadiku, L,. (2015). The Importance of Four Skills Reading, Speaking, Writing, Listening in a
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Patyegarang. (2021). Teaching Language: Macro-skills. Retrieved from

https://www.indigoz.com.au/language/teachmacro.html

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https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/receptive-skills
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Teaching English. (n.d.). Productive skills. From
https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/productive-skills

Binus University, English Department. (2018). The Four Speaking Skills. Retrieved from
https://english.binus.ac.id/2018/10/11/the-four-speaking-skills/
THANK YOU!