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ENGLISH
Quarter 4 – Module 3:
Determining Worth of Ideas
through Critical Listening

Department of Education - MIMAROPA Region

English – Grade 7
Quarter 4- Module 3: Determining Worth of Ideas through Critical Listening
First Edition, 2020

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Introductory Message
For the facilitator:
This Self-Learning Module (SLM) focuses on determining the worth of ideas
mentioned in the text listened to as one of the Most Essential Learning Competencies
(MELCs) in Grade 7 English. This learning material was patterned on Bloom’s
Taxonomy Instructional Design wherein learning activities were aligned with the
identified objectives and were sequenced according to their level of difficulty
considering the learner’s needs, interest and abilities.
You need to ensure that the learner clearly understand the lesson or concepts
discussed in the module. You are also expected to guide him/her in answering the
activities or accomplishing the different learning tasks thereby enabling him/her to
master the competency.
For the learner:
This Self-Learning Module (SLM) is especially made to enhance your attitude,
knowledge and skills vis-à-vis the identified learning competency. Through this
module, you will engage in fun and interesting learning activities and answer varied
exercises and tasks to help you gain mastery of the target competency which will
enable you to effectively use the English language in listening, speaking, reading and
writing. Those learning activities are appropriately selected and carefully crafted
according to your needs, interests, and abilities.
To successfully achieve the objectives of this module, kindly do the following:

• Read and follow the instructions in all the learning activities and
exercises very carefully;
• Be honest in answering all the learning activities and exercises;
• Write your answers neatly and legibly in your subject notebook or on a
separate sheet of paper; and
• Seek guidance from your parents, guardians or subject teacher if you
encounter difficulty in accomplishing the learning activities.

Working on each learning activity in this module will surely enable you to learn
certain aspects of the target language in an enjoyable and meaningful way. So, take
good care of this module and have fun while learning!
 What I Need to Know

This module highlights the importance of listening. It also focuses on

determining the worth or values of ideas mentioned in the text listened to.

After going through this module, you are expected to:

1. Define critical listening;

2. Identify the stages of critical listening process; and
3. Determine the worth of ideas mentioned in the text listened to.

What I Know

PRE - TEST
Directions: Write the letter of the correct answer.

1. When do you use critical listening?

A. When your friend is having a hard time at work.
B. When you need to know what time a meeting is being held.
C. When you are the object of a sales pitch.
D. All of these would be appropriate times for critical listening.

2. A critical listener usually_____.

A. gives attention to one familiar information
B. ignores information that doesn’t seem important
C comprehends and tests the strength of ideas
D. is passive, not active.

3. The following are examples of critical listening EXCEPT.

A. If there’s an upcoming election and you need to decide who to vote.
B. Watching or listening to an advertisement before buying an expensive
item.
C. When listening to an argumentative speech.
D. When listening to a poem
4. When is listening considered a critical thinking activity?
A. When we listen to absorb as much of what is being said as possible.
B. When we listen in the hope of being able to retell what is being said to
someone.
C. When we listen because the message has specific meaning to us.
D. When we listen to analyze and to assess the speaker’s message and
motives for authenticity and truth.

Directions: Study the following statements. Write T if the statement is true and F if it
is false.

5. Listening can be considered a critical thinking activity.

6. Determining the worth of ideas in a spoken text or a written material read
aloud requires appreciative listening.
7. Critical listening usually involves some sort of problem solving or
decision making.
8. An evaluation must be based on fact not on opinion.
9. Facts are reliable basis just like opinion.
10. Personal observations and experiences are important in evaluating the
relevance and validity of an idea.

DETERMINING WORTH OF IDEAS

Lesson
THROUGH CRITICAL LISTENING

Listening is the ability to accurately receive and interpret the messages in the
communication process. It is the key to all effective communication. Without the ability
to listen effectively, messages are easily misunderstood. When you engage in listening
you are doing so for many different reasons depending on the goals in which you are
trying to achieve. When you bought expensive items, such as a new cell phone, or an
iPad, you probably did some research beforehand and listened closely to the
salesperson when you went to compare brands. That scenario is an example of critical
listening.

This module will help you understand what critical listening is and its importance
in determining the worth/value of an idea from the text listened to.
 What’s In

Activity 1:
The following pictures show some items. When buying some of these items,
what do you usually consider? Do you do some research before buying or you just rely
on what the commercial models said about these products?
 What’s New

Determining Worth of Ideas through Critical Listening

Determining the worth of ideas in a spoken text or a written material read aloud
requires critical or evaluative listening. Critical listening means making judgement
about how good or bad the idea is. It means assessing and evaluating the truth of what
is being spoken or read aloud and being able to discern the strong and weak points of
an idea or an argument.
Critical listening is listening to evaluate a message for purposes of accepting or
rejecting. When engaging in critical listening, you are also critically thinking. You are
making judgements based on what you see, hear and read. Your goal is to evaluate
the message that is being sent and decide for yourself if the information is valid and
based on facts not on opinions.
Critical listening does not mean finding faults. It is all about processing
information formulating your judgement about something. For example: A leader
making promises or alleging the opposition party.

It helps in examining assumptions, and other information. In this type of

listening, a listener undertakes systematic thinking and reasoning. With this, the
listener derives that whether the speaker’s message holds any evidence. Individuals
with critical listening do not adhere to illogical arguments based on opinions. They
examine facts to assess the argument put forth by the speaker. And that’s why it
involves problem-solving or making a decision.

To listen critically, you must listen closely to what is being said or read, while
weighing its worth and logic with what you know to be true or correct.
You have learned from the previous lessons that to evaluate the relevance and
validity of an idea, the following are used as basis.
1. Your personal observation or experience
2. Personal interview with knowledgeable persons or authoritative sources
3. Current publications and other reference materials
 Your evaluation must be based on fact not on opinion. The following pointers
may help you give a logical evaluation.

1. A fact is a statement known to be true or which can be proven to be true.

2. An opinion is a statement that tells what someone believes to be true. An

opinion may or may not be correct.

3. The opinion of an authority on a subject may be believed.

4. Facts are more reliable as basis because they can be defended.

Sources: Language in Literature

https://themindfool.com/how-to-improve-your-critical-listening-skills/

Why is critical listening important?

The importance of critical listening is immense. Because when you listen

critically you observe the facts spoken in a careful, unbiased manner. You do
systematic thinking and use reasoning.

Source:https://themindfool.com/how-to-improve-your-critical-listening-skills/

What makes a good critical listener?

Being a critical listener can be improved by employing one or more strategies

to help the listener analyze the message: recognize the difference between facts and
opinions, uncover assumptions given by the speaker, be open to new ideas, use both
reason and common sense when analyzing messages, relate new ideas to old ones,
and take useful notes.

Source: https://2012books.lardbucket.org/books/public-speaking-practice-and-ethics/s07-05-listeningcritically.html
 What IS IT

Activity 1:
Directions: Fill in the diagram below with the definitions of critical listening.

CRITICAL
LISTENING

Activity 2:

Listen to the article titled, Let’s Build a Better World Together, from
https://www.google.com/search?bih=560&biw=360&hl=en&sxsrf=ALeKk02l0kf0L1AP
SjPr_445Kn9nYrAP5A%3A1594944741278&ei=5ewQX6K2EMz6wQPpw6iYDg&q=L
et%27s+build+a+better+world+together&oq=Let%27s+build+a+better+world+togeth
er&gs_lcp=ChNtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1zZXJwEAMyCAghEBYQHRAeOgQIABBHO
gcIIxDqAhAnOgIIADoCCC46BwgAEBQQhwI6BQguEJMCOgUIIRCgAToGCAAQFh
AeOgYIABANEB46BwghEAoQoAE6BAghEBVQwfQjWKuQJWDtlCVoAnABeAOAAc
0FiAGOXZIBDzAuMTEuMjkuMy4wLjMuMZgBAKABAbABDw&sclient=mobile-gws-
wiz-serp#, then evaluate the ideas expressed in it. Answer the following questions to
help you understand and evaluate the selection.
 1. According to the 2. Do you agree 3. How worthy are the
selection, what does it with the ideas ideas conveyed in the
take to build a better mentioned in the text? text? Explain your
world? Why or why not? assessment.

Source: YouTube UNDP in Asia and the Pacific

What’s More

Activity 3: Let’s Listen

Are you aware of what is happening now in the world? Have you done
something in order to help those who are in need? As a young Filipino, what are you
going to do to help your fellow Filipinos to overcome this present situation of the world?
How can you help to make this world a better place?

Directions: Listen to the song “Heal The World” by Michael Jackson from
https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf=ALeKk035owPjN1ZGqiZpWtAdqt4BwmXu4w
%3A1596078938710&source=hp&ei=WjsiX9JKZKS0gTjlZ7ACA&q=heal+the+world
&oq=&gs_lcp=ChFtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1ocBABGAAyBwgjEOoCECcyBwgjEOoCE
CcyBwgjEOoCECcyBwgjEOoCECcyBwgjEOoCECcyBwgjEOoCECcyBwgjEOoCEC
cyBwgjEOoCECcyBwgjEOoCECcyBwgjEOoCECcyBwgjEOoCECcyBwgjEOoCECcy
BwgjEOoCECcyBwgjEOoCECcyBwgjEOoCECdQAFgAYMtlaABwAHgAgAGrCogBq
wqSAQM3LTGYAQCwAQ8&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-hp#

Source: LyricFind
After listening to the song, answer the following questions.

Comprehension Questions:

1. What is the song all about?

2. According to the song, how can

we heal this world?

3. Do you agree with ideas

mentioned in the song about the
things that we can to heal this
world?

4. What could you do in order to

make this world a better place?

What I Have Learned

Critical listening is the process a listener goes through using careful, systematic
thinking and reasoning to see whether a speaker’s message makes sense in light
of factual evidence.
Critical listening can be improved by employing one or more strategies to help the
listener analyze the message: recognize the difference between facts and opinions,
uncover assumptions given by the speaker, be open to new ideas, use both reason
and common sense when analyzing messages, relate new ideas to old ones, and
take useful notes.
It helps in examining assumptions, and other information. In this type of listening, a
listener undertakes systematic thinking and reasoning.
Determining the worth of ideas in a spoken text or a written material read aloud
requires critical or evaluative listening
 What I Can Do

Now that you know what critical listening is and its importance in order to determine
the worth of ideas, it’s time for you to apply the skills that you have learned.

Activity 4

Directions: Watch/Listen to the following advertisements. You may visit the links
below.
https://www.google.com/search?biw=360&bih=560&tbm=vid&sxsrf=ALeKk01r9gkxel
ROvoHveBRI2QRdLEORdg%3A1594991200173&ei=YKIRX4yVCpL6wQOssq6ICg&
q=latest+ad+of+iphone&oq=latest+ad+of+iph&gs_lcp=Cg9tb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXNlcnA
QARgAMgIIADIFCCEQoAE6AggpOgUIABCRAjoFCAAQsQM6CAgAELEDEIMBOgg
IABCxAxCRAjoECAAQCjoECCEQFVCmJljVa2DZcmgBcAB4AYABqAWIAcI4kgEM
MC4yMC4zLjIuMi4zmAEAoAEBqgEZbW9iaWxlLWd3cy13aXotc2VycC1tb2Rlc7ABB
Q&sclient=mobile-gws-serp#

https://www.google.com/search?tbm=vid&sxsrf=ALeKk02lqx9pCiH3unISo4w68u7Cn
dCmIQ%3A1594993250380&ei=YqoRX8LrFtepoAS16o7gCg&q=nike+latest+adverti
sement+about+shoes&oq=nike+latest+advertisement+about+shoes&gs_lcp=Cg9tb2
JpbGUtZ3dzLXNlcnAQA1ChOFjyfGCHgQFoAHAAeACAAQCIAQCSAQCYAQCgAQ
GqARltb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1zZXJwLW1vZGVz&sclient=mobile-gws-ser

Answer the following questions.

1. What are the best features of

these products?

2. If you have the means to buy

these products, would you buy
them? Why or Why not?

3. What did you consider in making

your decision?
 What I Can Do on My Own
Directions: Write the letter of the correct answer.

1. Which of the following are bases in evaluating the validity and relevance of an
idea?
A. Your personal observation or experience
B. Personal interview with knowledgeable persons or authoritative sources
C. Current publications and other reference materials
D. All of the above
2. Listening to evaluate a message for the purpose of accepting or rejecting it is
_____________.
A. Appreciative listening
B. Argumentative listening
C. Logical Listening
D. Critical listening
3. When is listening considered a critical thinking activity?
A. When we listen to try to absorb as much of what is being said as possible.
B. When we listen in the hope of being able to retell what is being said to
Someone.
C. When we listen because the message has specific meaning to us.
D. When we listen to analyze and to assess the speaker’s message and
motives for authenticity and truth.

Directions: Study the following statements. Write T if the statement is true and F is it
is false.

_______4. Listening and critical thinking are closely allied that training in listening is
also training in how to think.
_______5. To improve your listening, you should think of listening as a passive
process.
_______6. At a coffee shop, Rachel listens to her friend Shanti discuss his feelings
about his mother’s recent death. Rachel is engaged in critical listening.
_______7. Listening to a sales person or a politician involves critical listening.
_______8. When watching a televised debate, you probably use come form of critical
listening.
_______9. Critical listening occurs when you still want to understand what the other
person is saying.
_______10. When you listen critically you observe the facts spoken in a careful,
unbiased manner.

What I Can Do More

Activity 5
Directions: Listen to an argumentative speech about Bullying from
https://www.google.com/search?q=argumentative+speech&source=lmns&tbm=vid&b
ih=560&biw=360&prmd=isnv&hl=en&ved=2ahUKEwjx5-
39y9bqAhUF5ZQKHXC9CJcQ_AUoBHoECAAQBw# then complete the table below
by answering the following questions.

1. Write down the

essential/important points
mentioned in the listening text

2. What messages are being

communicated in the text listened
to.

3. Do you agree with what the

speaker said about bullying?
Why?
 Answer Key

What I Know

1. C
2. C
3. D.
4. D.
5. TRUE
6. FALSE
7. TRUE
8. TRUE
9. FALSE
10. TRUE

What Is It

Activity 1

1. Critical listening is making judgement about how good or bad the idea
is.
2. It means assessing and evaluating the truth of what is being spoken
or read aloud and being able to discern the strong and weak points of
an idea or an argument.
3. Critical listening is listening to evaluate a message for purposes of
accepting or rejecting.
4. It helps in examining assumptions, and other information

Activity 2
The learner’s answers for the task may vary.

What’s More
Activity 3
The learner’s answers for the task may vary.
What I Can Do

Activity 4
The learner’s answers for the task may vary.

What I Can Do On My Own

1. D
2. D
3. D
4. TRUE
5. FALSE
6. FALSE
7. TRUE
8. TRUE
9. TRUE
10. TRUE

What I Can Do More

Activity 5

The learner’s answers for the task may vary.

References
Language in Literature

https://themindfool.com/how-to-improve-your-critical-listening-skills/

https://study.com>academy>lesson

https://2012books.lardbucket.org/books/public-speaking-practice-and-
ethics/s07-05-listeningcritically.html
https://www.google.com/search?bih=560&biw=360&hl=en&sxsrf=ALeKk02l
0kf0L1APSjPr_445Kn9nYrAP5A%3A1594944741278&ei=5ewQX6K2EMz6wQ
Ppw6iYDg&q=Let%27s+build+a+better+world+together&oq=Let%27s+build+a
+better+world+together&gs_lcp=ChNtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1zZXJwEAMyCAg
hEBYQHRAeOgQIABBHOgcIIxDqAhAnOgIIADoCCC46BwgAEBQQhwI6BQguE
JMCOgUIIRCgAToGCAAQFhAeOgYIABANEB46BwghEAoQoAE6BAghEBVQwf
QjWKuQJWDtlCVoAnABeAOAAc0FiAGOXZIBDzAuMTEuMjkuMy4wLjMuMZgB
AKABAbABDw&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-serp#
https://www.google.com/search?biw=360&bih=560&tbm=vid&sxsrf=ALeKk
01r9gkxelROvoHveBRI2QRdLEORdg%3A1594991200173&ei=YKIRX4yVCpL6
wQOssq6ICg&q=latest+ad+of+iphone&oq=latest+ad+of+iph&gs_lcp=Cg9tb2J
pbGUtZ3dzLXNlcnAQARgAMgIIADIFCCEQoAE6AggpOgUIABCRAjoFCAAQsQ
M6CAgAELEDEIMBOggIABCxAxCRAjoECAAQCjoECCEQFVCmJljVa2DZcmgBc
AB4AYABqAWIAcI4kgEMMC4yMC4zLjIuMi4zmAEAoAEBqgEZbW9iaWxlLWd3
cy13aXotc2VycC1tb2Rlc7ABBQ&sclient=mobile-gws-serp#
https://www.google.com/search?tbm=vid&sxsrf=ALeKk02lqx9pCiH3unISo4
w68u7CndCmIQ%3A1594993250380&ei=YqoRX8LrFtepoAS16o7gCg&q=nike
+latest+advertisement+about+shoes&oq=nike+latest+advertisement+about+s
hoes&gs_lcp=Cg9tb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXNlcnAQA1ChOFjyfGCHgQFoAHAAeACAA
QCIAQCSAQCYAQCgAQGqARltb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1zZXJwLW1vZGVz&scli
ent=mobile-gws-ser
https://www.google.com/search?q=argumentative+speech&source=lmns&tb
m=vid&bih=560&biw=360&prmd=isnv&hl=en&ved=2ahUKEwjx5-
39y9bqAhUF5ZQKHXC9CJcQ_AUoBHoECAAQBw#
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