Module 4 Lesson 3

Module 4 Lesson 3 Activity

Activating Prior Knowledge. Recall an instance when you talk or gossip with your close friends,
acquaintance at school or work, your mama/ papa or uncle/ aunt, and a stranger who asked for
some information, then answer the questions.
1. What did you talk about with your close friends, acquaintance, with someone older, or with a
stranger?
What I and my close friends normally talked about is our plans and goals in the future.
We love sharing and talking about it and with that, it gives the excitement and motivation to
strive hard to achieve our goals.
2. What is your approach when you talk or talk back the person/s you are talking to?
My approach when I talk or talk back to the person/s I am talking to is actually it depends
upon who I am talking to. With my close friends I am more open, more casual and more
comfortable than talking to someone who is older than me or with a stranger because I am kind
of feeling awkward, not comfortable at and I am feeling a little conscious about what I say.

Module 4 Lesson 3 Analysis

1. Is there a difference in the manner of talking to different people?
For me, there’s always a difference in the manner of talking to different people. When
you talk to someone who is older than you (parents, teachers, etc.) we should always show or
give respect to them, we should also approach them with politeness and understanding. While
when we talk with our friends or close friends, we are more casual, more relax and more
comfortable though the respect and politeness are still there but our approach is much different
than talking to people who are older than us.
2. Are there reservations when you talk to these people? What type of people do you have
reservations talking to?
For me, there’s always a reservation when I talk to people especially those whom I am not really
close with and with strangers. It’s hard for me to just give my full trust, it made me
uncomfortable talking to them sometimes and I felt like I couldn’t really express what I truly felt
every time I am with these people.
3. What factors do you think made you express yourself the way you do in a conversation?
The factors that made me express myself the way I do in a conversation would probably
be the connection, trust, mutual understanding, and the feeling of being simply comfortable with
that person or with those people is already enough reason why I am more open in expressing
myself to them.

Module 4 Lesson 3 Application

Answer the following questions.
1. Describe the speech of the following people when you talk to them based on your experience.
Identify the type of politeness when you interact with them and explain what happens in the
interaction.
a. Mother – Positive Politeness
The interaction begins when my mother calls me and asked me if I am busy. I
response to her using the form “ma” as an address form. My mother will continuously tell
her intentions and checking I will agree to it. With politeness, I will smile to her and give
my response “okay ma” on what she asked me to do. She said her thanks and uses an
address form. I response in a more casual style and casual address form “Lau”
It this interaction, it simply shows how comfortable I am talking with my mother
and so as my mother to me.

b. Father – Positive Politeness

I begin the interaction with a polite smile addressing the form “pa” in a warm
response he used the form “ngoy” as an address form. I contentiously letting him know
my intentions and checking if he agreed with it. With a slight nod he stood up and ask
where to, then uses the informal address form “ngoy-ngoy.” Given my gratitude and
using humor and a casual address form “paps.”
In this interaction, it simply shows how comfortable we both towards each other
and how we are relatable to one another.
c. Best friend – Positive Politeness
Asking my close friend to buy me something using the address form of “my
loves” in responds. They are going to jokingly glare at me and laugh using an informal
address form “mommy”. With a puppy eyes and a pleading look they will agree in a
casual address form “my” wearing my victory smile I mouth my thank you in a playful
address “babies”.
In this interaction, it simply shows how relax and comfortable we are with each
other.
d. Teacher – Negative Politeness
The interaction begins with a warm greetings from me to my former teacher with
a formal address “Ma’am”. She will response using a formal address “Miss”.
The interaction simply shows that I have a big respect to her in terms or our
relations we never forget to address title as we speak.
e. A person who have met twice – Negative Politeness
When I have an interaction with that specific person whom I met only twice is
that I always keep in mind that I should be respectful and sensitive on how I act or what I
will say because I don’t know him/her very well.