WEEK 9 – UNIT 5

UNDERSTANDING BIAS
4C Comprehension Skills & Strategies
Adrienne Thompson
March 12, 2024
 1. This or That Activity

Today's 2.
3.
Understanding Bias
Listen

class: 4.
5.
Summarize
Comprehension
THIS OR THAT
CATS OR DOGS
Apple or Android products
Morning or Night
Pepperoni or Pineapple
 What is "Bias"?
• Bias is a strong feeling for or against
something.

What factors influence Bias?

Understanding • Personal experiences
Bias • Cultural influences
• Social influences
• Media
• Fear or insecurity
• And more!
Understanding Bias
Why is it important?
• Speakers may express biases even when they are trying to be objective.
• You have to be able to identify bias in order to make decisions based on fact, not feeling.

What clues can help you identify bias?

In listening, we can use …
• Title – Descriptive words
• Introduction – Descriptive words, tone, etc.
• Imbalance – Information that is presented is not balanced.
• Information source – Where is the information coming from?
 Complete Activity A on pg. 109

Let's
• Listen to the short report. Then
answer the questions.

practice! Complete Activity B on pg. 110

• Listen to the excerpts. Identify
what bias is being shown.
Answers
Activity A Activity B

1.
1. b
üTitle
üImbalance 2. a
3. b
2. against
4. b
 Look at the title and picture
on pg. 105.

1. What do you think it will be

Making about?

predictions 2. Do you think the listening will

have a strong bias?

3. If so, do you think it will be for

or against? Why?
Before we listen ...
Discuss the following questions with a partner …

1. Farming can be a difficult job. What problems do you think

farmers might face today?
2. How do you think technology like drones might help farmers?
What can drones do to make farming easier and more
efficient?
 1st Listen: Together. Listening
for the main ideas

While we 2nd Listen: Individual. Listening

for the details and to edit your

listen ... notes

3rd Listen: Individual. Listening

to complete the comprehension
questions
Listening for the main ideas
Notes
 Underline/ highlight key words or phrases.

Editing Cross out words or ideas that are not important.

your Use the extra space on the paper to add your thoughts and
make connections to help you better understand the topic.

notes Explain or use a dictionary to look up and define new

vocabulary.

Make notes about things you still don't understand.

Notes
Summarize your notes
Work with a partner. Use your notes to summarize the
information in the video., and answer the questions ...

1. Why are people concerned about using robots?

2. What pressures do farmers face today?
3. How could farmers use drones?
SHARE YOUR SUMMARY.
Summary
1. People are worried about using robots because they may be expensive for farmers to
buy and because they are hard to use and often unreliable. In addition, some people
might view them as weapons.

2. Farmers face a lot of pressures today. Farms are bigger than before, but there are
fewer workers. They need to feed more people using less water and fewer chemicals.
Although it's not a new concern, they also worry about disease in their crops.

3. Farmers could use drones to get information about their farms and to check whether
their plants are healthy or need to spray chemicals.
 Pg. 107 and 108
COMPREHENSION • Activity D
QUESTIONS • Activity E
Answers: D

ü 2. Drones can help farmers feed more people.

ü 4. Farmers can use drones to get big data on their crops.

Answers: E
1. ML
2. LL
3. LL
4. ML
5. LL
6. ML
Answers: F
1. Precision 7. Ignorance

2. Load 8. Infection

3. Revolution 9. Suffer

4. Buzz 10. Distribute

5. Dominate 11. Survey

6. Productivity
THANK YOU!
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