The Five Macro Skills in

Language
• When we learn a language, there are 5 skills that
we need to complete in communication. These
skills are listening, speaking, reading, writing
and viewing.

• These 5 skills of language (also known as the 5

skills of language learning) allow an individual to
comprehend and produce spoken language for
proper and effective interpersonal communication.
• The main skills are all basic and very important. They
are called the 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.

• Listening and speaking are the brain input skills but

reading and writing are brain output skills.
 Content
• LISTENING

• SPEAKING

• READING

• WRITING

• VIEWING
LISTENING
“Honor your relationships by developing listening skills.”
-Alan Lokos
• Listening is the most important skill in
communication.

• This is a communication technique that requires the

listener to understand, interpret and evaluate what he
or she hears.

• Listening effectively improves personal relationships

through the reduction of conflict and strengthens
cooperation through a collective understanding.
Listening is the ability to accurately receive and
interpret messages in the communication process.
Listening is key to all effective communication,
without the ability to listen effectively messages are
easily misunderstood communication breaks down and
the sender of the message can easily become
.frustrated or irritated
 Activities we should use to practice
listening skills
Activities for Grade 1 – 3 Activities for Grade 4 - 6

• Bring Me • Watch films that model

conversation skills
• 5W’s and 1H
• Reinforce active listening.
• Simple Retelling
• Ask open-ended questions.
SPEAKING
“Everything becomes a little different as soon as it is spoken out loud.”
-Hermann Hesse
 SPEAKING
• Language is a tool for communication. We Communicate with
others, to express our ideas, and to know others’ ideas as well.

• This assists the learners to begin to manipulate the language

by presenting them with a certain amount of choice, albeit
within a fairly controlled situation.
• In primary schools elocution and recitation are main sources to
master the sounds, rhythms, and intonation of the English
language through simple reproduction.

• The manifestations of the language in games and pair work

activities are encouraging source to learn to speak the
language.
 Activities we should use to practice
speaking skills
Activities for Grade 1 - 3 Activities for Grade 4 - 6
• Oral with rewards • Role Play

• Brainstorming
• Comparing a Picture
Describing
• Interviews

• Story telling • Story Completion

• Reporting
READING
“Reading is a way for me to expand my mind, open my eyes, and fill up
my heart.”
-Oprah Winfrey
 READING

• Reading is a fundamental skill for learners, not just for

learning but for life with reading being defined as the
ability to draw meaning from the printed page and
interpret this information appropriately.

• Reading is a learning skill. It helps you improve all

parts of the English language vocabulary, spelling,
grammar, and writing.
• It helps to develop language intuition in the corrected
form. Then the brain imitates them, producing similar
sentences to express the desired meaning.

• Imagine what your life would be like if you didn‘t

know how to read. Approximately only 80% of the
world‘s population is reported to be able to read.

• Using skimming or scanning technique to read quickly

is highly effective. While reading underlining of key
words is a must.

• Reading Skills help the students grasp the content and

• Reading Skills help the students grasp the content and
draw conclusions.

• Reading skill development includes the ability to

comprehend and use both listening and speaking skills
because you need to:

Hear a word before you can say it

Say a word before you can read it
• Read a word before you can write it
• The students should also make it a point to familiarize
themselves with the jargons and new words by making reading
a habit be it reading newspapers, articles, books, magazines
etc.
 Activities we should use to practice
Reading Skills
• Activities for Grade 1-3
• Activities for Grade 4-6

Close Reading Think, Mark Chart Summarizing

WRITING
“Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.”
-E.L.Doctorow
 Writing
Writing provides a learner with physical evidence of his
achievements and he can measure his improvement. It
helps to consolidate their grasp of vocabulary and
structure, and complements the other language skills. It
helps to understand the text and write compositions.

It can foster the learner’s ability to summarize and to use

the language freely. To write flawless language one should
excel in the Writing Skills. Importance should be given to
composition and creative writing.
 These has four main goals for student
achievement:
1.To write clearly and creatively to convey a message

2. To communicate ideas, thoughts, feelings, and

experiences

3. To understand that writing is a reflective and

interactive process.

4. To understand the different purposes, audiences, and

forms for writing
 Activities we should use to practice
Writing Skills
Activities for Grade 1-3 Activities for Grade 4-6

• Spelling ( The Sentence • Continue the story

Building Game )
• Collaborative playwriting
• Letter Writing
• Think, Write, Pass
• Recipe Writing
VIEWING
“Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.”
-E.L.Doctorow
 VIEWING
- It is a process that support soracy and literacy.
Understanding visual images and connecting them to
accompanying spoken or written words. It involves
interpreting the images for which words stand and
connecting visual images in videos, computer program
and website

- It enhances listening skills when students attend to

nonverbal communication and visual elements of
performance, video, television, film and multimedia
presentations.
 Activities we should use to practice
Viewing Skills
Activities for Grade 1-3 Activities for Grade 4-6

• Flashcards • Movies Multimedia

• Webpages
• Short Videos
• Observing Comics,
• Photographs Newspapers and Charts
Thank you for Listening!