Welcome to Teaching

and Assessment of the

Macroskills!
Darryl D. Barrientos
Instructor
Teaching is a process in which an individual teaches or
instructs another individual. Teaching is considered as the
act of imparting instructions to the learners in the
classroom situation. It is watching systematically. Dewey
considers it as a manipulation of the situation, where the
learner will acquire skills and insight with his own
initiation.

What is teaching?
Assessment refers to the wide variety of methods or tools
that educators use to evaluate, measure, and document the
academic readiness, learning progress, skill acquisition, or
educational needs of students.

What is assessment?
Macroskills refer to the primary, key, main, and
largest skill set relative to a particular context. It is
commonly referred to in English language.

What is a ‘macroskill’?
 “TO HAVE ANOTHER
LANGUAGE IS TO POSSESS A
SECOND SOUL.”

- CHARLEMAGNE