Try-out

Activity 1: Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down

Evaluate the passage based on different criteria. Draw (thumbs up) if it PASSES the
criteria and (thumbs down) if it DOES NOT.
1. Are the contents of the passage accurate and true? thumbs up
2. Are the data presented organized and clear? thumbs up
3. Can the ideas in the passage be used in daily life? thumbs up
4. Does the passage provide adequate information or ideas acceptable to the readers?
thumbs down
5. Does the passage reflect diversity and inclusion regarding culture, gender, ethnicity, national
origin, age taking into account the context of the particular subject being addressed? thumbs
up

Look Back

1. Efficient readers adjust their reading rates to their purpose.

2. They develop the technique of scanning which involves glancing down pages to find
a single piece of information.
3. They use a skimming technique to get the idea, content, or gist of an article.
4. Today’s bewildered world calls for reflective reading.
5. The scanning rate is 1,500 words per minute.
6. Skimming for main ideas may be 1,000 words per minute.

Activity 2: Let’s Arrange It!

Building Your Vocabulary
Listen as one of your family members reads the
meaning of the words.
Arrange the jumbled letters below to form the
correct word. Write your answer on the space
provided.

1. ACACCYUR (noun) ACCURACY The condition or quality of being true,

correct, exact, and freedom of error

2. YIALTIVD (noun) VALIDITY The state or quality of being valid

3. QCYADEUA (noun) ADEQUACY Sufficient for a particular purpose

4. RELEVANCE- (n) RELEVANCE Connected

Activity 3: Listen To a Point

Listen as one of your family members reads the news report.
Post Activities Take note of information that will help you decide whether the
report is valid, accurate, relevant and with adequate information.

1. What is the news article about?

The news article is all about decrease of female and male inequalities.

2. What is the source of the news? Is it a valid source?

Rappler http//:www.rappler.com/move.poh/42214-ph-male-female inequalities, yes

it is a valid source.

3. What data about male and female equality in health and survival, education, economic
participation and politics were mentioned?

In the country's annual budget report, statistics on male and female equality in
health and survival, education, economic involvement, and politics is reported
everywhere. And watching the figures go down in some of the geographical regions
is devastating, with schooling being a major factor in the survey.

4. Will you consider this news article? Why?

Yes, because a news article discusses current or recent news of either general
interest

5. How important is this news to your life?

Mainly to educate and can influence the public about activities that are around them.
News is also often for entertainment purposes; individuals are unable to reach or
have little influence over to provide a distraction of information about other places.
News can make individuals feel connected as well.

6. Does the article have all the necessary details that you would need to be well informed
on the issue?
 No, The article is the one for us to lead, so what I say in that article or the news we should be
informed must be reversible.

Activity 4: Listen for Information

Article VALID ACCURATE RELEVANT WITH ADEQUATE

INFORMATION

#1 NO NO NO NO
#2 YES YES YES YES

Activity 5: Reason Out

ARTICLE REASONS

#1
1. The article is not relevant
2. The article is insufficient
information

#2
1. The article has relevant data
2. The article has valid
information.

Generalization

Activity 6: Key Ideas

Take your time as you complete the statements below.

1. The listener should determine first if the information they heard is true or correct.

2. Having a clear understanding allows listener in order to assess the message

3. It is important for a listener that what they heard could affect will their own decisions,
ideas or belief.

Application

“The most basic of all human needs is the need to understand and be understood. The best
way to understand people is to listen to them.”

How will you apply it in your life?

By listening to reports and news on television or radio, I can apply it in my life,

which can give me a lot of information by criticizing the data if it can be used.

Applying this in my life can sharpen and improve my critical listening ability and

can help me express my views on serious problems. Assessing reliability and

relevance. We need to be exposed to what we are hearing when listening to a text,

once you have fully understood the listening text, you will have a clear idea of how

accurate the information is and the more deeply you dig into the text, the more

accurate the text is. As they need to be valid and relevant to listeners and readers,

sources should also do the same.

 Activity 7: AGREE OR DISAGREE

Test Yourself

1. Flat to slightly negative movement seen for PH Q1 GDP

Economists of First Metro Investment Corporation (FMIC) & the University of Asia and the
Pacific (UA& P) forecast a “flat to slightly negative change in the Phil. first quarter zero
output as a result of global pandemic.” - Phil. News Agency (May 4, 2020) AGREE

2. House Panel: Pandemic to hurt 30 million Filipinos jobs, livelihood

The corona virus disease pandemic could result in the possible unemployment of at least 30
million Filipinos half of the labor force without the necessary economic stimulus intervention,
the Chairman of the House Committee on Economic Affairs said Tuesday.- Business Minor
(May 7, 2020) AGREE

3. Eating bananas can cure cancer

Eating bananas with brown spots prevents cancer. It can detox & cleanse your body. (Feb.
2019) DISAGREE

Activity 8. Answer briefly.

Why do you think we need to evaluate the listening text in terms of accuracy, validity,
adequacy, and relevance? (4pts.)

Assessing the relevance and authenticity of reports Determine the

relevance of the sources. Systematically assess the relevance of the sources: first select
books that you think might contain sources you want for your research paper; then skim
through the index at the end of the book or find the topics wherever they are in the book by
yourself. To increase both precision and reliability, several steps can be taken. For
example, the calculations will be more precise and more precise if you use higher quality
equipment. If the measurement is simpler to do, so you are more likely in each repetition to
get the same outcome. Bringing the pendulum experiment into consideration again

Activity 9: LISTEN TO NEWS UPDATE:

Listen to three (3) news updates that happened today
Enrich Yourself and list them down. Put a () check mark if it is valid, accurate,
and relevant and (X) if it is not. State also the reasons why it is
valid, accurate, and relevant.

NEWS VALID ACCURATE RELEVANT REASO SOURCES

UPDATE N

Cop shoots Inquirer https://www.inquirer.net

dead a is know /
mother and for their
son in valid,
Tarlac accurate
and
relevant
news
update

Firecracker Abs-cbn https://news.abs-

s banned in new is cbn.com/
Metro know for
Manila, their
says valid,
NCRPO accurate
chief and
relevant
news
update
Death toll Abs-cbn https://news.abs-
from Vicky new is cbn.com/
climbs to 8 - know for
NDRRMC their
valid,
accurate
and
relevant
news
update

Score: 5

Mena V. Marabe
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