5 Macro Skills Flashcards
What are the 5 macro skills in communication?
Listening
Speaking
Reading
Writing
Viewing
The process of hearing, recognizing, and interpreting or comprehending language
Listening
4 Types of Listening
Deep Listening
Full Listening
Critical Listening
Therapeutic Listening
occurs when you’re committed to understanding the speaker’s perspective
Deep Listening
involves paying close and careful attention
Full Listening
involves using sympathetic reasoning and careful thought
Critical Listening
Allowing a friend, colleague, or family member to discuss their problems
Therapeutic Listening
An interactive process where information is shared
Speaking
4 Types of Speaking
Vocabulary
Grammar
Pronunciation
Fluency
when students understand the meaning and pronunciation of words
Vocabulary
important areas for spoken language such as understanding tense and the correct way to structure sentence
Grammar
Understanding how to correctly pronounce words
Pronunciation
Ability to hear words and understand them straight away
Fluency
To quickly gather the most, important information or ‘gist’
Skimming
is used to find a particular piece of information
Scanning
used to obtain a general understanding of a subject and includes reading for pleasure
Extensive Reading
used on shorter text to extract specific information
Intensive Reading
4Types of Reading
Skimming
Scanning
Extensive
Intensive
the process of using symbols to communicate thoughts and ideas in readable form
Writing
an apt description that exposes facts
Expository Writing
helps the reader visualize, in detail, a character, event, place or all of these things at once
Descriptive Writing
to influence the reader to assume the author’s POV
Persuasive Writing
To tell a story, real or imaginary
Narrative Writing
4 Types of Writing
Expository
Descriptive
Persuasive
Narrative
