Macro Skills

Macro skills are more complex than micro-skills.

Macro skills focus more on fluency, discourse,
function, style, cohesion, nonverbal
communication, and strategic options.

4 essential skills

Listening Speaking
Listening is the ability to accurately
They give us the ability to convey
receive and interpret messages in
information verbally and in a way that
the communication process.
the listener can understand.

Reading
Reading skills are abilities that
pertain to a person's capacity
to read, comprehend, interpret
and decode written language
and texts.
Writing
Writing skills are the skills you use to
write effectively and
succinctly.Writing skills don’t just
include the physical act of writing.

Micro Skills
Micro skills refer to
producing smaller chunks of
language such as phonemes,
morphemes, words,
collocations, and phrasal
units.

References bibliographic
hubpages.com. (s. f.). https://discover.hubpages.com/literature/The-5-Macro-Skills-of-
the-English-Language
Colle, T. (2022, 29 septiembre). Micro and Macro Skills of Speaking. Tenrycolle.com.
https://tenrycolle.com/skills/speaking/micro-and-macro-skills-of-speaking/