COURSE CODE: EL 73
COURSE TITLE: TEACHING AND ASSESSMENT OF THE
MACRO SKILLS
No. of Units: 3-unit subject with 54 lecture
hours
SUBJECT TEACHER: MR. JHON LLOYD CABAIS
Course Description:
This 3-unit course allows the pre-service English teachers to explore
the nature of the macro skills and the theoretical bases, principles, and
methods and strategies in teaching and assessing listening, speaking,
reading, writing, and viewing. It aims to provide various strategies for pre-
lesson, during lesson, and post-lesson to develop research-based
knowledge and principles in teaching the macro skills while using
differentiated teaching to suit learners’ gender, needs, strengths,
interests, and experiences. Also, they will be able to identify learning
outcomes aligned with the learning competencies and provide timely,
accurate, and constructive feedback to improve learners’ performance in
the macro skills.
Grading System: (VPAA-5105-MEMO-2020-08-29)
Submission of assigned activities - 15%
Student engagement/forum discussion - 10%
Quizzes and unit assessment - 30%
Major examinations (midterm and finals) - 45%
100%
Course Outline:
1. An Overview on the Teaching of the Macro Skills
• Receptive vs. Expressive Macro Skills
• Macro Skill Competencies in the English K to 12 Curriculum
• Viewing as a New Macro Skill
• Connection of the Macro Skills with Vocabulary, Grammar
and Literature
• Review on Communicative Competence
• BICS vs. CALP
• Content-Based Instruction
• Communicative Language Teaching
• Qualities of an Effective English
2. The Expressive Macro Skills – Speaking
• Nature and Purposes of Speaking
• Mechanics and Process of Speaking
• Speech Styles and Registers (Frozen, Formal, Consultative,
Casual, Intimate, Aggressive, Passive, Assertive)
• Austin and Searle’s Speech Acts
(Locutionary, Illocutionary, and Perlocutionary)
• Review on Segmentals, Suprasegmentals, Modes of
Communication, Types of Speech Delivery)
• Speaking Formats (Interaction, Transaction, Performance)
• Lesson Design in Teaching Speaking
• Materials and Resources in Teaching Speaking
• Performance-Based Assessment in Teaching Speaking
• Feed backing in Assessing Speaking
3. The Expressive Macro Skills – Writing
a. Nature and Purposes of Writing
b. Mechanics and Process of Writing
c. Concerns and Strategies in Pre-Writing, Drafting, Revising,
Editing, Proofreading, and Publishing
d. Lesson Design in Teaching Writing
e. Materials and Resources in Teaching Writing
f. Performance and Portfolio-Based Assessment in Teaching
Writing
g. Feed backing in Assessing Writing
4. The Receptive Macro Skills – Listening
• Active Listening Skill
• Nature and Purposes of Listening
• Listening Comprehension and Sub-Skills in Listening
• Listening Techniques and Strategies
• Approaches in Teaching Listening (Bottom-Up, Top-Down,
Interactive)
• Lesson Design in Teaching Listening
• Materials and Resources in Teaching Listening
• Performance and Observation-Based Assessment in
Teaching Listening
• Feed backing in Assessing Listening
5. The Receptive Macro Skills – Reading
• Nature and Purposes of Reading
• Reading Comprehension and Sub-Skills in Reading
• Reading Techniques and Strategies
• Approaches in Teaching Reading (Bottom-Up, Top-Down,
Interactive)
• Goddell’s Reading Skills Ladder and Stages of Reading
• Reading Program and the Good Reader
• Lesson Design in Teaching Reading
• Materials and Resources in Teaching Reading
• Performance and Observation-Based Assessment in
Teaching Reading
• Feedbacking in Assessing Reading
6. The Receptive Macro Skills – Viewing
• Nature and Purposes of Viewing
• Viewing Techniques and Strategies
• Approaches in Teaching Viewing
• Kurt Fischer’s Skill Theory of Viewing
• Viewing Program
• Lesson Design in Teaching Viewing
• Materials and Resources in Teaching Viewing
• Performance and Observation-Based Assessment in
Teaching Viewing
• Feedbacking in Assessing Viewing
References:
Anderson, R.C. et al. (1985). Becoming a nation of readers: The report of the commission
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Butler, S. M. & McMunn, N. D. (2006). A teacher’s guide to classroom assessment:
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Cruickshank, D. R., Jenkins, D. B., & Metcalf, K. K. (2006). The act of teaching. USA:
McGraw-Hill.
Lang, H. R. and Evans, D. N. (2006). Models, strategies, and methods for effective
teaching. USA: Pearson Education, Inc.
Norton, D. E. (2007). The effective teaching of language arts. USA: Prentice-Hall, Inc.
Orlich, D. C., et al. (2004). Teaching strategies: A guide to effective instruction. USE:
Houghton Mifflin Company.
Roe, B. D. and Ross, E. P. (2006). Integrating language arts through literature and
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