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Quarter 3 - Module 4:
Listening Comprehension

Department of Education ● Republic of the Philippines

English - Grade 8
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Quarter 3 – Module 4: Listening Comprehension
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 Lesson Determining the Target Audience of a
Listening Text and the Objective/s of
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Lesson
the Speaker

What’s New?

Activity 1: Self-Assessment on Individual Listening Skill

Directions: Assess yourself on how do you listen. Check “Yes” if the item
corresponds to your listening habit or “No” if it does not on the table below.

YES NO
1. Do I listen attentively to other person’s point of view?
2. Do I avoid interrupting when another person is talking?
3. Do I try to make the speaker feel that I am interested in his or her opinion?
4. Do I try to be open-minded to other’s opinion?
5. Do I try to distinguish fact and opinion?
6. Do I relate my remarks to what others have said?
7. Do I only believe the information with evidences?
8. Do I ask questions to clarify the things I never understood?
9. Do I keep myself busy while others are having their discussion?
10. Do I respond accordingly when someone ask my opinion?

Activity 2: Guess who?

Direction: Identify the target audience of the speaker with the given lines from each
speech. It may be students, colleagues, or countrymen.

1. Each year brings positive change. This includes a few additions to our staff. We are
delighted to welcome Bradley Budrow, our new health room nurse. Bradley brings a solid skill
set and a gentle, sensitive approach to meeting children’s health and emotional needs. We
are fortunate to have health room para-pro Jane Dieckman return to help out on Thursdays.
Welcome Bradley. https://www.mercerislandschools.org/Page/8775

Answer: _____________________

2. I am pleased to welcome you back to the 2020-21 school year! I would like to extend
a special welcome to all of the new families joining Brookside this year and welcome back all
of our returning families as well! I am honored to be your principal. Our goal at Brookside is to
work together to provide our students with a rich learning environment. My vision, as the
principal, is to ALWAYS put kids first! https://www.oakparkusd.org/domain/100

Answer: _____________________

3. “with determination to pursue relentlessly what we have started at the start of my

administration.” He said: “I will end my term fighting.”
And he noted: “The drugs will not be crushed unless we continue to eliminate corruption that
allows this social monster to survive.” https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1145035/highlights-of-dutertes-4th-state-of-the-nation-address
Answer: _____________________

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 What is it
A target audience is the group of people you hope to influence with your
message. An effective message uses language that the target audience can easily
understand. It leaves a positive impression, does not offend, and appeals to the
unique experiences, values and preferences of each audience.

What’s More

Activity 3: Think Ws’H

Direction: Identify and interpret the poster below.

What: ________________________
Who: _______________________
When: ______________________
How to join: __________________
____________________________
Possible purpose of the contest:
____________________________
____________________________
____________________________

http://nrco.dole.gov.ph/index.php/announcement/
Activity 4: Target it!

Direction: Identify the target audience of the speech and the objective of the speaker.

Covid-19 Response – Can Anyone Do Better?

An excerpt from the speech of Mayor Isko Moreno (Manila)

I am reminding you, as your father, your father speaking to you now; as your father, don’t
allow yourselves to be used by some people making appeals, by some politicians engaging in the
blame game. The politics of politicians will do nothing to help you against Covid-19. The enemy is
Covid-19. The only ones who will win in the fight amongst politicians are fellow politicians. Even if
we change our leadership, no one can give the exact and right solution to what we are facing.
Think carefully.
I, as the father of the city of Manila, the capital of the country, in my own small way, I can
at least use this [platform]. I am calling on the leadership in the national government, opposition,
administration, especially those who are at odds with each other — is it possible, can I request
from my fellow politicians, can we rest for just 90 days? Let’s rest from politics for 90 days.
https://www.pinoywit.com/mayor-isko-moreno-covid-19-speech-english-translation/

Target Audience of the Speech: ____________________________________

Speaker’s Objective:
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________

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 Lesson Determining The Stand Of The
Speaker On A Given Issue
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Lesson

What’s In

When someone is talking and giving his stand, we listen and understand. As a listener, you
can make a conscious effort to hear and understand the complete message spoken, rather than
just passively hearing it from the speaker. Sometimes we are not aware of how to separate the
truth from the message that is misleading or even blatantly false, nor is it always clear which
messages intend to help the listener and which ones are merely self-serving for the speaker. Part
of being a good listener is to learn to evaluate messages we hear and react accordingly.
In this lesson, you are taught how to listen effectively and identify the speaker’s stand on
an issue to be able to respond effectively.

What’s New

Activity 1: “I Speak My Side”

Directions: Explain briefly your side on the issue of ABS-CBN shutdown.

Source: https://bit.ly/2YL0UVr

_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________

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 What Is It

Based on Activity 1, you were able to express your side of the issue that
leads you to the next level of understanding of the lesson.
Essential questions:

 Do you think determining the speaker’s stand important? __________

 Do you think listening to your side or stand important? __________
 Does your stand or opinion affect the idea? __________

LISTEN TO RESPOND:

Active listening definition

Active listening requires the listener to fully concentrate, understand, respond, and then remember
what is being said. You make a conscious effort to hear and understand the complete message
being spoken, rather than just passively hear the message of the speaker.

Why is listening important?

Listening is the most fundamental component of communication skills. Listening is not something
that just happens. Listening is an active process in which a conscious decision is made to listen to
and understand the messages of the speaker.
Active listening is also about patience listeners should not interrupt with questions or comments.

Listening vs. hearing

Hearing is an accidental and automatic brain response to sound that requires no effort. We are
surrounded by sounds most of the time. For example, we are accustomed to the sounds of cars,
construction workers, and so on. We hear those sounds and, unless we have a reason to do otherwise,
we learn to ignore them.

Hearing is:

 Accidental
 Involuntary
 Effortless

Listening, on the other hand, is purposeful and focused rather than accidental. As a result, it requires
motivation and effort. Listening, at its best, is active, focused, concentrated attention to understand the
meanings expressed by a speaker.

Listening is:

 Focused
 Voluntary
 Intentional

Source: https://bit.ly/3hCXGvP

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SIGNALS THAT CAN BE NOTED FROM THE SPEAKER’S TALK

EXPLICIT SIGNALS - are signals directly stated. Such signals may be noted, for example, in the
following phrases.

1. I do agree with... 6. I hold the view that….

2. I believe that... 7. I’d like to point out that….
3. I certainly feel ... 8. From my perspective….
4. I think…. 9. From my point of view….
5. In my view…. 10. It seems to me that….

Example:
I believe that for the rest of the world, contemporary USA is an almost symbolic concentration
of all the best and the worst of our civilization. On the other hand, there are its profound
commitment to enhancing civil liberty in maintaining the strength of its democratic institutions,
and the fantastic development in science and technology which have contributed so much
to our well-being on the other, there is the blind worship of perpetual economic growth and
consumption, regardless of their destructive impact on the environment, on how subject they
are to materialism and consumerism, or how, they, through the omnipresence of television
and advertising, promote uniformity, and banality instead of a respect for human uniqueness.

IMPLICIT SIGNALS -are deduced from the speaker’s tones, facial expressions and gestures,
which are ways of indirectly stating certain viewpoints.

Example: She implicitly said she likes white shoes by saying she likes all colors but tan.

What’s More

Activity 2: Share it
Directions: Now you try it! Choose a phrase from above to complete the
sentences below. Give one or two reasons for each opinion. Write your sentences in the
comments section.

a.) .…you should move back home with your family.

_______________________________________________________________________
b.) ....the government should lower fuel prices.
_______________________________________________________________________
c.) .…we can combat climate change by…
_______________________________________________________________________
d.) .… [football player, musician or actor name] is better than…
_______________________________________________________________________
e.) ... [city name] has the best street food.
______________________________________________________________________

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 Activity 3: Do this!
Directions: Using any of the explicit signals, write your stand on the issue:
“Students must not be allowed to bring mobile phones in school”.

My Stand:
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________

What I Have Learned

Activity 4: African Poem

Read the poem entitled “Africa My Africa” by David Diop that talks about Africa’s
humiliation and discrimination. After reading, brainstorm on the meaning of the poem and
answer the questions below.

Africa My Africa

Africa of proud warriors in ancestral Savannahs

Africa of whom my grandmother sings
On the banks of the distant river
I have never known you
But your blood flows in my veins
Your beautiful black blood that irrigates the fields
The blood of your sweat
The sweat of your work
The work of your slavery
Africa, tell me Africa
Is this your back that is unbent
This back that never breaks under the weight of humiliation
This back trembling with red scars
And saying no to the whip under the midday sun?
But a grave voice answers me
Impetuous child that tree, young and strong
That tree over there
Splendidly alone amidst white and faded flowers
That is your Africa springing up anew
springing up patiently, obstinately
Whose fruit bit by bit acquires
The bitter taste of liberty.
Source: https://folukeafrica.com/africa-my-africa-by-david-diop/

Questions:
1. Who is talking in the poem?
2. To whom is the speaker trying to speak to?
3. How did speaker describe the Africans in his poem?
4. What is the message of the poem?
5. What is the speaker’s stand?

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 Lesson
Distinguishing Fact from
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Lesson
Opinion

What’s In

We have learned in the previous lesson on determining the stand of the speaker on given
issues. At this point, we will learn how to identify facts and opinions. Being able to discriminate
between facts and opinions is an important reading skill that students need to understand.

What I Need to Know

Distinguishing Facts from Opinion

The ability to distinguish between fact and opinion helps you develop your critical and
analytical skills in reading and listening. Facts and opinions are often woven together in texts and
speeches. Therefore, it is imperative that you can unravel the threads of what is true from what is
mere belief if they are to successfully navigate the deluge of media that you will encounter in your
lifetime.

What is a fact? - A fact generally refers to something true and can be verified as such. That is, a
fact is something that can be proven to be true.
What is an opinion? - An opinion refers to a personal belief. It relates to how someone feels about
something. Others may agree or disagree with an opinion, but they cannot prove or disprove it.
This is what defines opinion.

What’s New

Activity 1: Be a Detective: Fact or Opinion?

Directions: Solve each case below by listening to someone reads the paragraphs and
identifying each as “fact” or “opinion” by circling the correct answer.

Case #1:

Baking cookies takes less than an hour. First, you need to add 2 cups flour, ½ cup sugar,
2 cups chocolate chips, 2 eggs, 1 teaspoon salt and 1 teaspoon vanilla to a mixing bowl. Next you
stir the ingredients together until they are completely combined. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Fahrenheit. Put spoonful of cookie batter an inch apart onto a greased cookie sheet. Bake for
about 10 minutes or until the cookies are light brown at the edges.

FACT or OPINION

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Case #2:

My mom’s cookies are the best in town! First, she uses the creamiest butter, and she gets
the freshest eggs from our neighbour’s chickens. The milk she buys to drink while eating the
cookies make the cookies even better because the milk comes from a local dairy farm. They’re
good when they’re cooled down, but even better when they’re still warm.

FACT or OPINION

What Is It
Activity 1 asked you to identify whether the cases presented above are fact or opinion. A
factual statement is one that can be proven to be true or false, and that statements of opinion
cannot be proven.

Distinguishing Fact from Opinion

Being able to discern the differences between facts and opinions will help you evaluate the
reliability and usefulness of texts you have encountered. Critical thinking is the best possible way
of determining which statements are facts and which statements are opinion. It may seem at first
that the differences are easy to see. However, not everything is as black and white as it first seems.

What is Fact? A fact is something that can be verified with evidence. For example, the river which
flows through London is called the Thames.

What is an Opinion? An opinion is based on belief and viewpoint. Opinions are often personal
interpretations and cannot be verified with evidence. For example, summer evenings are nicer
than winter evenings.
Opinions are often (though not always) preceded with terms such as "I think" or with adjectives,
comparatives, and superlatives such as good, better, and best.

A factual statement is one that can be proven to be true or false, while a statement of
opinion cannot be proven. For example, I may say, "Mr. Mortini is ten feet tall. This is a statement
of fact. We can all see that it is a fact that is false, but we can easily prove it to be false. Therefore,
it is factual. Now, if I said that Mr. Mortini is tall, this would be an opinion. A person who is shorter
than Mr. Mortini might agree with this statement, but a person who is taller than Mr. Mortini would
likely disagree. Since there is no way to prove the statement beyond argument, it is a statement
opinion."

Examples of Facts:
1. The earth is round. Summer follows spring.
2. The 2010 world cup took place in South Africa.
3. The British Winter of 2009/2010 was the coldest for 30 years.
Examples of Opinions:
1. I think that rock music is awful.
2. The legal age for drinking should be lowered to 16.
3. London is the best city in the world.

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 What’s New

Activity 2: Social Media Facts and Opinions on Matthew Vollbrecht

Directions: Listen to the selection “Matthew Vollbrecht” and write down the facts and
opinions about him on the lines below.

Matthew Vollbrecht

Nothing less than traumatic was the diagnosis that Matthew

would be totally blind by the age of three and would eventually
need prosthetic eyes. This horrifying diagnosis, rather than
defining him, inspired him to unleash his true potential. Matt was
discovered to have an incredible interest and tremendous natural
talent for singing and playing the piano. Having “absolute perfect
pitch” Matthew began studying piano at age 4 and voice at age 6.
In short order, he gained significant notoriety for his uplifting and
inspirational performances. The demand for his appearances
reached new heights. At the age of 10, he became the youngest
recipient of the VSA Arts National Young Soloist Award. He remains to this day the youngest in
history to win that award. He went on to represent VSA Arts in several performances at the John
F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts as well as at the VSA Arts International Festival in
Brussels, Belgium.

Write 5 Facts about Matthew Vollbrect:

1.___________________________________________________________________________
2.___________________________________________________________________________
3.___________________________________________________________________________
4.___________________________________________________________________________
5.___________________________________________________________________________

Write 5 Opinions about Matthew Vollbrect:

1.___________________________________________________________________________
2. ____________________________________________________________________________
3. ____________________________________________________________________________
4. ____________________________________________________________________________
5. ____________________________________________________________________________

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 Lesson Determining the Various Social, Moral, and
Economic Issues Discussed in the Text
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Lesson
Listened to

What’s In
Lesson 3 is about distinguishing fact from opinion. Being able to know whether
something is a fact or an opinion, is very important when reading the newspaper or watching and
listening to an advertisement for example. This skill in identifying whether a certain idea is a fact
or an opinion is particularly essential because of the proliferation of altered truths circulating the
Internet through email and website propaganda that too many people take as fact because it is
written when, in reality, it is merely opinion.
In this lesson, you will find out how critical understanding and appreciation of Afro-Asian
literary pieces can help you recognize the temperament and psyche of your Arab and Israeli
neighbors in response to the challenges of modernity.

What I Need to Know

Introduction to Arab Poetry

Poetry is the greatest expression of literary art that Arabs have mastered in Arabic poetry.
This sophisticated, rhythmic literature is a form of preservation of history, traditions and social
values. It is one of the most important aspects of Arab culture, especially in Saudi Arabia and other
gulf states.
Ancient Arabic poems are still well preserved and they became an inspiration for many
Arab musicians specifically when it is about anatomically poem. There are many modern songs
were created based on old Arabic poems which commemorate it and enables people to enjoy
whispers of the ages of these melodic ancient poems.
Arabic poetry is based largely on harmonies of sound and striking turns of phrasing. A
poet's fame depended upon a few brilliant couplets rather than on any sustained melody or long-
continued flight of noble thought. One distinguished philosophical poem of some length is the well-
known "Lament of the Vizier Abu Ismael." This we give in full at the conclusion of this section; but
mainly we must illustrate the finest flowering of Arabic verse by selecting specimens of
characteristic brevity. Many of the Arab caliphs inclined to the gaieties of life rather than to their
religious duties, and kept many poets around them. Indeed, some of the caliphs themselves were
poets: The Caliph Walid composed music as well as verse; and was hailed by his immediate
companions as a great artist. His neglect of religion, however, was so reckless as to rouse the
resentment of his people, and he lost his throne and life.

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 What’s New

Activity 1: Listening Activity

Directions: Let someone read the two Arab poems below and listen to it attentively.

The Song of Maisuna On Fatalism

by: Maisuna By: Imam Shafay Mohammed bin Idris
THE russet suit of camel's hair,
Not always wealth, nor always force,
With spirits light and eye serene,
Is dearer to my bosom far A splendid destiny commands;
Than all the trappings of a queen. The lordly vulture gnaws the corpse
That rots upon the barren sands.
The humble tent and murmuring breeze
That whistles thro' its fluttering walls,
My unaspiring fancy please
Better than towers and splendid halls.
Nor does want or weakness always conspire
Th' attendant colts that bounding fly To bind us to a sordid state;
And frolic by the litter's side, The fly, that with a touch expires,
Are dearer in MAISUNA'S eye Sips honey from the royal plate.
Than gorgeous mules in all their pride.
The watch dog's voice that bays whene'er
A stranger seeks his master's cot, http://markandrewholmes.com/onfatalism.html
Sounds sweeter in MAISUNA'S ear
Than yonder trumpet's long-drawn note.

The rustic youth unspoil'd by art,

Son of my kindred, poor but free,
Will ever to MAISUNA'S heart
Be dearer, pamper'd fool, than thee.

http://www.poetry-archive.com/m/the_song_of_maisuna.html

What Is It
Let’s Dig Deeper: Poem Analysis

Poetry analysis is examining the independent elements of a poem to understand the

literary work in its entirety. Analyzing poems line by line allows you to break poems down in
order to study their structure, form, language, metrical pattern, and theme. The purpos e of
literary analysis is to interpret the meaning of a poem and appreciate it on a deeper level.

The first poem was written by Maisuna herself. Maisuna was a daughter of the tribe of
Calab; a tribe, according to Abulfeda, remarkable both for the purity of dialect spoken in it, and
for the number of poets, it had produced. She was married, whilst very young, to the Khaliph
Mowiah. But this exalted situation by no means suited the disposition of Maisuna, and amidst all
the pomp and splendor of Damascus, she languished for the simple pleasures of her native desert.

These feelings gave birth to the previous simple stanzas, which she took the greatest
delight in singing, whenever she could find an opportunity to indulge her melancholy in private.
She was unfortunately overheard one day by Mowiah, who was of course not a little offended with

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such a discovery of his wife's sentiments; and as a punishment for her fault, he ordered her to
retire from court. Maisuna immediately obeyed, and taking her infant son Yezid with her, returned
to Yeman: nor did she revisit Damascus till after the death of Mowiah, when Yezid ascended the
throne.

The Song of Maisuna was all about a queen who wanted to live simply. The queen said
that it is better to sit on a camel than on the throne of a king. She would prefer a tent to a prestigious
palace. She’d rather a colt than a mighty steed. It is even more comforting to hear a dog’s bark
than the pompous trumpets from a castle. Wealth cannot buy us happiness, similar to Maisuna,
who, despite receiving the luxuries of life, still craved the tranquility of an orthodox living. She
favored the sheer beauty of the world rather than the shimmering gold. Unlike others, she didn’t
like being looked up to and praised by the masses.

The second poem entitled, ‘On Fatalism’ written by Imam Shafay Mohammed bin Idris. The
poem shows morality and being conscious of how we should spend our lives. No matter how high
we come, what zeniths we may reach, we will all go down someday. Whether you become the
most opulent emperor or a destitute beggar, death will still knock on your door. When the time
comes, there is no stopping it. Be you a monarch applauded by all, or an averted mendicant, some
things are unalterable. Having the knowledge that we are all going to die, what we do, or how we
live does not matter anymore. Even though you spend it with luxury or contented with what you
have now, we cannot escape the coming of death. A man’s passing may be compared to an
earthquake. You’ll never know when it’s going to happen. A man’s passing may be compared to
an earthquake. You’ll never know when it’s going to happen. No deterrent will apprise us when we
are about to expire. As they say, “Only God knows when and how we reach our quotas.”

Both texts revealed some traits of the Arab people. They are contented of what they have
in their lives. They want a simple life like Maisuna. However, there are Arabs who want a wealthy
life. Arabians also believed that everything will come to its end. Death does not recognize any high
position or richness of any kind, each of us will die eventually.

Overall, the two selections taught us the difference between a wealthy and simple life and
how our choices affect the kind of life we want to have.

What’s More

Activity 2: Compare and Contrast

Directions: Compare and contrast the poems “The Song of Maisuna” and “On Fatalism”
by identifying their social/moral/economic issues. Fill in the Venn Diagram below.

The Song of Maisuna On Fatalism

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