RECEPTIVE VS.

EXPRESSIVE

MACRO
MACRO SKILLS

MACRO SKILLS REFER TO THE PRIMARY, KEY, MAIN, AND

LARGEST SKILL SET RELATIVE TO A PARTICULAR CONTEXT.
IT IS COMMONLY REFERRED TO IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
RECEPTIVE AND EXPRESSIVE MACROSKILLS?
EXPRESSIVE RECEPTIVE
RECEPTIVE MACRO SKILLS

RECEPTIVE MACRO SKILLS IS THE ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND

WORDS AND LANGUAGE.
MUCH OF THIS TYPE OF SKILL IS INFERRING COMMUNICATION
FROM OUR ENVIRONMENT AND EXPERIENCES.
RECEPTIVE MACRO SKILLS
FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN WE HEAR A SIREN, WE KNOW TO GET OUT OF
THE WAY FOR AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE. SIMILARLY, WHEN A DOG
SEES THEIR OWNER GRAB A LEASH AND PUT ON A COAT, THEY
BECOME EXCITED BECAUSE EXPERIENCE HAS COMMUNICATED IT
IS TIME TO GO ON A WALK.
RECEPTIVE MACRO SKILLS

RECEPTIVE SKILL ALSO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR UNDERSTANDING

CONCEPTS SUCH AS SIZE, SHAPE, COLOR, TIME, AND SENTENCE
STRUCTURE
 EXPRESSIVE MACRO SKILLS

EXPRESSIVE MACRO SKILLS IS THE USE OF WORDS, SENTENCES,

GESTURES, AND WRITING TO CREATE A MESSAGE OR CONVEY A
MEANING.
 EXPRESSIVE MACRO SKILLS

IT IS FREQUENTLY ASSOCIATED WITH IDENTIFYING OBJECTS,

DESCRIBING EVENTS AND HOW TO DO ACTIONS, CREATE
SENTENCES AND USE CORRECT GRAMMAR.
RECEPTIVE OR EXPRESSIVE?

LISTENING VIEWING READING

RECEPTIVE RECEPTIVE RECEPTIVE

SPEAKING WRITING
EXPRESSIVE EXPRESSIVE
LISTENING

LISTENING COMPREHENSION IS THE RECEPTIVE SKILL IN THE ORAL

MODE. WHEN WE SPEAK OF LISTENING WHAT WE REALLY MEAN IS
LISTENING AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT WE HEAR.
SPEAKING

SPEAKING IS THE EXPRESSIVE SKILL IN THE ORAL MODE. IT, LIKE

THE OTHER SKILLS, IS MORE COMPLICATED THAN IT SEEMS AT
FIRST AND INVOLVES MORE THAN JUST PRONOUNCING WORDS.
SPEAKING

SPEAKING IS OFTEN CONNECTED WITH LISTENING. FOR EXAMPLE,

THE TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION MAKES UP FOR THE DEFECT IN
COMMUNICATIVE ABILITY IN THE TRADITIONAL LEARNING.
READING

READING IS THE RECEPTIVE SKILL IN THE WRITTEN MODE. IT CAN

DEVELOP INDEPENDENTLY OF LISTENING AND SPEAKING SKILLS,
BUT OFTEN DEVELOPS ALONG WITH THEM, ESPECIALLY IN
SOCIETIES WITH A HIGHLY-DEVELOPED LITERARY TRADITION.
READING

READING CAN HELP BUILD VOCABULARY THAT HELPS LISTENING

COMPREHENSION AT THE LATER STAGES, PARTICULARLY.
 WRITING

WRITING IS THE PRODUCTIVE SKILL IN THE WRITTEN MODE. IT, TOO, IS MORE
COMPLICATED THAN IT SEEMS AT FIRST, AND OFTEN SEEMS TO BE THE
HARDEST OF THE SKILLS, EVEN FOR NATIVE SPEAKERS OF A LANGUAGE, SINCE
IT INVOLVES NOT JUST A GRAPHIC REPRESENTATION OF SPEECH, BUT THE
DEVELOPMENT AND PRESENTATION OF THOUGHTS IN A STRUCTURED WAY.
VIEWING

VIEWING IS THE FIFTH MACRO-SKILL TODAY. IT REFERS TO

PERCEIVING, EXAMINING, INTERPRETING, AND CONSTRUCTION
MEANING FROM VISUAL IMAGES AND IS CRUCIAL TO IMPROVING
COMPREHENSION OF PRINT AND NONPRINT MATERIALS. IN THIS
SENSE, IT IS RECEPTIVE.