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• Macro skills refer to the primary, key, main, and largest skill set relative to a particular context.
• The five macro skills are reading, listening, writing, speaking and viewing.
• Oral skills are a type of literacy skill.
• Listening and reading are receptive skills where learners process and understand language being communicated to them in spoken or written form.
• Speaking and writing are productive skills where learners produce language to communicate their ideas in either speech or text.