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SELF-LEARNING MODULE IN ENGLISH 9
QUARTER 3 - Week 1
Connecting to the World

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What I Need to Know

Distance is being defied by information technology. Everybody benefits from the fast
growth of social media because you can now travel, reach other places and connect to people
around the world virtually.
Through technology and various social media ,you are exposed to many informations
that are helpful with your research , studies and your daily life. It may sometimes misleading
that may result to many victims of fake news, statements that are considered prejudice or even
bias opinions .You have to be more observant with what you can gather from these
technologies. Evaluate and look for the source. Learn to assess facts from opinions and know
how to differentiate biases from prejudices.

Learning Objectives:
At the end of this module you should be able to:
1. give different social media use in connecting to the world;
2. distinguish bias statement from prejudice; and
3. produce the vowel sounds correctly.

Most Essential Learning Competency: Differentiate Biases from Prejudices

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What I Know
Pre-Test
Directions: Identify what application in social media is represented by the following
logo in column A. Write your answer on the separate sheet of paper.
A. B.

1. a. google chrome

b.Mozilla Firefox
2.
c. twitter
3.

4. d. messenger

5. e .viber

6. f. facebook

7. g. instagram

8.
h. google meet.
9. i. gmail

10. j.youtube

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Through Technology

What’s In
Through technology, you are able to read, watch, and listen to a lot of
information. These information may influence you to believe certain ideas and push you to
take some form of action. Some information may also dissuade you from believing or doing
other things.
Your ability to distinguish biases from prejudices will greatly help you in
extracting information. Thus, it enables you to judge a certain material and develop
logical opinion.

What’s New
Bias is an inclination of temperament or outlook especially : a personal and sometimes
unreasoned judgment
Example: You are old fashion and with no taste to the current style of clothing.
The statement is based from personal interest or opinion that may vary from others
opinion.
Prejudice is having or showing an unfair dislike of a person or group because of some
characteristics (as race or religion).
Example: You are not welcome here because you are black.
The statement is against a person’s color. It may also include a person’s background,
religion, race, belief, etc.
Directions: Recognize statement that suggests biased opinion from prejudiced
statement. Write B if the statement is bias and P if it is prejudice.
1. All women belong to kitchen.
2. The girl’s outfit does not look good on her.
3. White people are all racist.
4. These desserts taste horrible.
5. All older adults are slow and incompetent.

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What is It

Read the poem

The Telephone
by Edward Field

My happiness depends on an electric appliance

And I do not mind giving it so much credit
With life in this city being what it is
Each person separated from friends
By a tangle of subways and buses
Yes my telephone is my joy
It tells me that I am in the world and wanted
It rings and I am alerted to love or gossip
I go comb my hair which begins to sparkle
Without it I was like a bear in a cave
Drowsing through a shadowy winter
It rings and spring has come
I stretch and amble out into the sunshine
Hungry again as I pick up the receiver
For the human voice and the good news of friends

*Source: "The Telephone" by Edward Field, from Counting Myself Lucky. © Black Sparrow
Press, 1992.

A. Directions: Pair up the words with almost the same meaning. Write the answer on the
blank provided for.
appreciation
running drowsing Slow walk

amble sleeping
credit
1.
2.
3.

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B. Directions: List down 2 advantages and disadvantages of each commonly used social
networking site or applications stored in your cellphone.
Social networking Advantages Disadvantages
site/Applications

1.messenger
2.youtube
3.facebook

What’s More.

Radio Play- also known as radio drama is purely audio performance and usually
broadcast on radio.
Examples of radio play in Ilocano that you can still hear in Bombo Radyo Philippines.
1. Doming, Doming, Mabalin Amin
2. Sonata Ti Ayat
3. Super Pepita
4. Siksika Laeng Biag Ko

Directions: Use your knowledge in extracting information by arranging the events of a radio
play, “ Sorry, Wrong Number “ by Lucille Fletche according to their occurrence. Use the
number from 1 to 5.
___ a. She accidentally overheard a conversation between two men planning a murder.
b. Desperate to prevent the crime, she began a series of calls—to the operator, to
the police, and others.
___ c. Mrs Stevenson is an invalid confined to her bed and her only life line was the telephone.
d. One night, while she was waiting for her husband to return home, she picked up the
phone and called his office.
e. Her conversation with Sgt. Duffy made her realize the description of the crime
scene and victim.

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What I Have Learned

Directions: Answer the following questions.

1. What is the difference between bias and prejudice?
2. List down all the social media sites and apps that you are using or interested in.

What I Can Do
Read a certain article and write statements that suggest biases and
prejudices

Bias Statement
1.
2.
Prejudice statement
1.
2.

Assessment
A. Give the meaning of the underlined words in these sentences. Choose your
answers from the synonyms in the box. (LM, p.252)

bossy complaining soft tolerant demoralize overbearing

1. Mrs. Stevenson is identified as a querulous and self-centered neurotic.

2. She became imperious when she could not connect to the number she dialed.
3. When she dialed again, she only got a land buzzing signal and heard the conversation on
the cross line.

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4. The telephone operator‘s failed attempts to connect to her husband‘s office number
unnerved her.
5. She gave a highhanded reply when she answered and Sgt. Duffy did not
take action on her complaint.

B. Identify the advantages and disadvantages of social media. Write A if

the statement suggests the Advantage use and D if the statement
suggests the Disadvantage of social media.

1.Personal data and privacy can easily be hacked and shared on the Internet.
2.Enhance personal lives by discovering new and innovative stuffs.
3.It can be used for the noble causes.
4. People can follow the stunts and other crazy stuffs that are shared on the internet.
5. It can improve business sales and reputation
6. It can create awareness and innovate the way people live.
7. It helps Governments and Security Agencies to catch criminals to fight crime.

8. Threats, intimidation messages and rumors can be sent to the

masses to create discomfort and chaos in the society.
9. Couples can cheat each other by showing the fake feelings
and incorrect information.
10. People start to follow others who are wealthy and share their
views and videos on the web.
11. People from anywhere can connect with anyone regardless of the location and
religion
12. It can also waste individual time that could have been utilized
by productive tasks and activities.
13. A person can follow anyone and learn from him/her and
enhance knowledge about any field.
14. Teenagers get involved very extensively and are eventually cut off from the society.
15. People of different communities can connect to discuss and share related stuffs.

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Additional Activities

In performing radio play in English, the voice carries the tone and emotion of the
characters. Hence, it is important that words with critical vowel sounds have to be
sounded correctly.

/a/ /æ/ /e/ /ɛ/

olive lobby cat sat cabin Age alias jade Elbow ebb pepper
clam
bond locket hard Ash badge lass Fame matrix maze Heavy steady says
arc art Attic accent patch Lazy aim male Weapon bread send
barter

Directions : Pronounce the words correctly and identify what critical vowel sound is
present . Write the critical vowel sound used in the words . Ex. game- /e/
1.b a by 6. ape
2. set 7. h a rd
3. m a rker 8. r e nt
4. sad 9. c a mel
5. b a ke 10. saddle

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Answer Key

What I know What’s New What Is It

Pre –Test A.( In any order)
1.d 1. P 1.drowsing- sleeping
2. I 2. B 2. credit-appreciation
3. e 3. P 3. amble- slow walk
4. j 4. B
5.c 5. P
6. b
7. h
8. g
9. f
10. a
What’s More Assessment
a.3 A.1.complaining B.1.D 6.A 11.A
b.4 2.bossy 2.A 7.A 12.D
c.1 3.soft 3.A 8.D 13.A
d.2 4.demoralize 4.D 9.D 14.D
e.5 5.overbearing 5.A 10.D 15.A
Additional Activities
1./e/ 6./e/
2. /ɛ/ 7./a/
3. /a/ 8. /ɛ/
4. /æ/ 9./ æ/
5./e/ 10./ æ/
References:
https://www.quora.com/What-are-some-examples-of-a-biased-statement
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prejudiced/biased
https://buffer.com/library/social-media-sites/ https://www.techmaish.com/advantages-
and-disadvantages-of-social-media-for-society/

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Name: Date
Grade/Section: Score:
Title of the Activity: Connecting Using Technology
Most Essential Learning Competency: Differentiate biases from prejudices

A. Directions: Match the italicized words in Column A with their meanings in Column B.

A B
1.Evidently, the untethered electronic voice a. hindrance
is preferable to human contact.

2. The driver shushed us because he could not b. one who opposes technological
hear the person on the other end of his cellphone. change

3.Every advance in communications technology c. unlimited resources or

is a setback to the intimacy of human interaction. endurance

4.I am no Luddite. I own a cellphone, an ATM card, d. ordered to be silent

silent and an email account.

5. The communications revolution makes us stop e. shrink in fear

talking to one another. This makes me cringe.

6. I’ve put myself on technology restriction: no f. limit

instant messaging to people near me.

g. to wish or long for

B. Directions: Identify the use of the different social media that are commonly
used nowadays. Choose from the box what social media is described in the items
below.

Messenger Viber Youtube Mozilla firefox

Facebook Tiktok Google meet
Instagram Twitter Google chrome

1.It is a video-sharing platform where you can watch different videos every day.
You can create a channel for your brand and can upload videos for your subscribers to view,
like, comment, and share.
2.It is used to be a messaging feature within Facebook
3. It is a photo and video sharing social media app. It allows you to share a wide
range of content such as photos, videos, stories, and live videos. It has also recently launched
IGTV for longer-form videos.
4. It is a rising music video social network. It was the world’s most
downloaded app in the first quarter of 2018, beating Facebook, Instagram, and other social
Media apps.
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5. It allows users to send messages and multimedia, call, share stickers

and GIFs, and more. It is quite similar to major social messaging apps such as Whats
App and Messenger and presents many more opportunities for businesses.

6. It is a fast and secure web browser, available on both mobile devices

and desktop computers, that's known for its ease-of-use and customizability. It is
easy to set it as your default web browser on a PC or Mac.

7. It is the biggest social media site prioritizes content that sparks conversations
and meaningful interactions between people, especially those from family and friends.
images, videos, live videos, and stories.

8.It is a free and open-source web browser developed by the Mozilla Foundation
and its subsidiary, the Mozilla Corporation. It uses the Gecko layout engine to render web
pages, which implements current and anticipated web standards.
9.It is built to let dozens of people join the same virtual meeting, and speak or
share video with each other from anywhere with internet access. It is a video-chatting service
designed primarily for business and office use, which lets colleagues chat over video and text.
10. It is a social media site for news, entertainment, sports, politics,
and more. It is different from most other social media sites because it has a strong
emphasis on real-time information —like things that are happening right now.

C. Directions: Read the selection below and answer the questions that follow.

For Conversation, Press #1

by Michael Alvear

A funny thing happened on the way to the communications revolution: we stopped

talking to one another.
I was walking in the park with a friend recently, and his cell phone rang, interrupting
our conversation. There we were, walking and talking on a beautiful sunny day and–poof!–I
became invisible, absent from the conversation because of a gadget designed to make
communication easier.
The park was filled with people talking on their cell phones. They were passing other
people without looking at them, saying hello, noticing their babies or stopping to pet their
puppies. Evidently, the untethered electronic voice is preferable to human contact.
The telephone used to connect you to the absent. Now it makes people sitting next to
you feel absent.

Choose the correct answer to each item. Write the letter of the correct answer
before each number.
1. The author’s purpose in writing the article is to make us realize that .
a.communications technology is interfering with human contact.
b.people are communicating less
c.the advances in communications technology are unnecessary.
d.people are forgetting how to communicate with others.

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2. The question “Why is it that the more connected we get, the more disconnected I
feel?”
a.reveals the author’s confusion about technology
b.invites the reader to disagree with the author
c.highlights the author’s examples and arguments
d.challenges the reader to find answers to problems

3. The author’s tone throughout the selection is

a.amusement
b.criticism
c.hostility
d.indifference

4. The third and fourth paragraphs give emphasis on how a cell phone
a.provides convenience c.isolates people b.threatens
safety d.efficiently works

5. The idea that bothers the author the most about the effect of communications
technology on his life is .
a.limited communications with strangers
b.lack of social formula
c.extreme preference for cellphones
d.deviation from meaningful interaction

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Answer Key

A.

1. c
2. d
3. a
4. b
5. e
6. f

B.

1. Youtube
2. Messenger
3. Instagram
4. Tiktok
5. Viber
6. Google Chrome
7. Facebook
8. Mozilla Firefox
9. Google Meet
10.Twitter

C.

1. a
2. a
3. d
4. c
5. d

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