Macro skills in communication

1. MACRO SKILLS
• Listening
• Writing • Viewing
• Reading
• Speaking

2. LISTENING
• It is a prerequisite to
understanding. It is the
skill of grasping and
decoding information
during the exchange of
messages. Listening is the
beginning of
understanding and a
valuable key to effective
communication. It is the
task of getting the
meaning of what is being
heard (underwood, 2009).

3. SPEAKING
• It is the ability that
makes us superior
to other species. It’s
a complex cognitive
and linguistic skill
that involves words
and sounds.

4. It also involves
 meaning
 sociality, relationship, affect
 cultural issues
 performance
 sound elements

5. Functions of Speaking:
 Interaction
 Transaction
 Performance

6. READING
• It is a multifaceted
process involving word
recognition,
comprehension,
fluency and
motivation.
• (Leipzig 2001).

7. II. Extensive
a. skimming
b. scanning
c. global
A. ORAL READING
B. SILENT
READING
I. INTENSIVE
a. linguistic
b. context
CATEGORY OF READING

8. WRITING
• It entails control of
language
variables since it is
an extremely
complex cognitive
activity..

9. VIEWING
• It allow students
to pause and
reflect and think
about the images
they are seeing
and analyze or
evaluate further
these visuals for
better use.