Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
National Capital Region
DIVISION OF CITY SCHOOLS – MANILA
Manila Education Center Arroceros Forest Park
Antonio J. Villegas St. Ermita, Manila

ENGLISH 10

Overcoming Challenges

Quarter 1 Module 7
Most Essential Learning Competency:
Evaluate Listening Texts in Terms of Accuracy,
Validity, Adequacy and Relevance

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HOW TO USE THIS MODULE
Before you start answering the module, I want you to set aside other tasks
that will distract you while enjoying the lessons. Read the simple instructions
below to successfully enjoy the objectives of this kit. Have fun!

1. Follow carefully all the contents and instructions indicated in every

page of this module.
2. Write on your notebook or any writing pad the concepts about the
lessons. Writing enhances learning, which is important to develop
and keep in mind.
3. Perform all the provided activities in the module.
4. Let your facilitator/guardian assess your answers.
5. Analyze conceptually the posttest and apply what you have learned.
6. Enjoy studying!

PARTS OF THE MODULE

• Expectations - These are what you will be able to know after
completing the lessons in the module.
• Pre-Test - This will measure your prior knowledge and the concepts
to be mastered throughout the lesson.
• Looking Back - This section will measure what learnings and skills
that you understand from the previous lesson.
• Brief Introduction- This section will give you an overview of the
lesson.
• Activities - These are activities designed to develop critical thinking
and other competencies. This can be done with or without a partner
depending on the nature of the activity.
• Remember - This section summarizes the concepts and applications
of the lessons.
• Checking Your Understanding - It will verify how you learned from
the lesson.
• Post-Test - This will measure how much you have learned from the
entire module

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LESSON 8: Assessing the Accuracy, Validity,
Adequacy and Relevance of a Listening Text

EXPECTATIONS:
This lesson will allow you to learn how to assess listening
texts using a set of criteria.
Specifically, this will help you to:
• differentiate accuracy, validity, adequacy and relevance from one
another;
• evaluate listening texts in terms of accuracy, validity, adequacy and
relevance;
• apply critical listening to authentic listening texts such as news reports
and speeches.

PRETEST

Directions:

Match the words in column A with their synonyms in Column B. Write

only the letter of your answer.

A B
1. accuracy a. assess
2. validity b. soundness
3. adequacy c. importance
4. relevance d. correctness
5. evaluate e. completeness

LOOKING BACK TO YOUR LESSON

What is the difference between an evaluation and an analysis? What
works can we do a critical review on?

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 TOPIC: Evaluating Texts in Terms of Accuracy, Validity, Adequacy and
Relevance

BRIEF INTRODUCTION

When listening to news reports and speeches, it is important to use critical

listening for one not to be gullible or easily fooled by what a speaker says. News reports
can be biased or may contain false information. Speeches, on the other hand, can be
persuasive; hence there is a need to evaluate authentic listening texts (news reports,
speeches).

Consider the following criteria and guide questions in evaluating listening texts:

• Authority: Who is the author and what are his or her qualifications? Who is the
publisher and what is the purpose of the site?
• Verifiability: Are sources provided?
• Timeliness: Is the information current? When was it posted and/or last updated?
• Relevance: Does the material contain unsubstantiated generalizations?
• Bias: Is the language emotional or inflammatory? Does the information represent a
single opinion or a range of opinions?
• Orderliness: Is the page arranged in an order that makes sense? Are underlying
assumptions identifiable? Is the information consistent?
• Clarity: Is the information clearly stated? Does the author define important terms?
• Validity: Do the facts presented support the conclusions?

ACTIVITY 1: Is This the Solution to COVID-19? Watch this video, then answer the
questions that follow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66OenbDsgz8.

1. Is YouTube a reliable source of information?__________

2. Is the YouTube video you watched a scholarly source?__________
3. Is it an educational video? ___________
4. Does the video provide reliable, accurate information?___________
5. Is it timely? ______________
6. Does the video raise awareness of important social or community issue?
______________
7. Does the video provide vivid, clear and concise information? ______________
8. Is it important to evaluate credibility of sources?___________ Why?
____________________________________________________________________
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 9. How do you evaluate the credibility of a source? _______________________
_______________________________________________________________________
10. Does the video contain scientifically correct and accurate information?
__________________________________________________________________

ACTIVITY 2: Watch this news report then, answer the questions that follow-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZslgkv1eQE.

1. What is the news report about? ________________________________

2. What is the source of the news?_______________________ Is it a credible, valid
source?________________
3. What data about COVID-19 have been presented? _______________________________
4. Will you consider the news accurate and reliable?_____________ Why?_____________
_________________________________________________________________________________
5. Does the news report have all the necessary details needed for you to be well-
informed? __________________
6. How important is the news in our life? ___________________________________________
7. Why is it important to maintain credibility and reliability in news reporting?
_________________________________________________________________________________________

DEEPENING THOUGHTS AND IDEAS

To determine the relevance, accuracy, and reliability of the news report, answer the
following:
CURRENCY: Is this a recent report? ___________
RELEVANCE: Is the news report relevant? _____________
AUTHORITY: Who is the news anchor? ______________________ What can you say about the
news anchor’s credentials? ____________________________________________________________
Does the news anchor maintain her credibility and reliability? __________________
ACCURACY: Is the news from an unbiased source? ______________ Did the news report
provide information that can be verified?__________________
PURPOSE: Does the news provoke an emotional response? __________________

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ACTIVITY 3: Watch this story through this link -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAPZC7o6Y9k then, answer the following
questions.

a. About the text

1. How did the magi want to celebrate their Christmas?
___________________________________________________
2. How much were they so in love with each other? ?
_________________________

3. Why did they sell their valuable things?________________________________

4. What are the symbols of the gift in the story?___________________________
5. Give the theme of the story.
_______________________________________________________________________
What is the moral of the story?_________________________________________

b. Deepening Ideas and Thoughts

1. What instances of irony exist in the story?
_____________________________________
2. What did the writer put an emphasis on the number three—or the three
magi?
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________________________________________________________________________
3. Is there a foreshadowing in the story?________________
4. Do you like the ending of the story? _______________Why?_______________
________________________________________________________________________
5. What does the story teach about sacrifice?
____________________________________________

c. Evaluating the Material Viewed

1. Is it a good story?________ Engaging?____________
Interesting?_________________ Meaningful? ________________
2. Is the story believable? ________________

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ACTIVITY 4: Ask your parent to read this news article to you. Then, answer the
questions that follow.

DA: Social media post on P3K aid to farmers is fake news

By: Krissy Aguilar - Reporter / @KAguilarINQ

INQUIRER.net / 12:47 PM May 08, 2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Friday belied a post circulating
online and bearing its official logo supposedly announcing the distribution of P3,000 cash assistance
or P3,5000 worth of agricultural products to farmers.

During the Laging Handa briefing, DA Secretary William Dar clarified the post is “fake news” and
that the agency will only distribute seeds and fertilizers to farmers.
“Last week, meron kaming na-monitor na gumamit ng logo ng DA, fake news ito po,” Dar stressed

(Last week, we monitored a post using the DA’s logo, this is fake news.)
“Ang katotohanan, magbibigay kami ng certified seeds, of course, again sa rice at dalawang sako ng
urea [fertilizer],” he added.

Apart from distributing these, Dar said the agency will also conduct training to help farmers increase
their productivity.
Earlier, DA launched a Financial Subsidy to Rice Farmers (FSRF) to assist small farmers amid the
quarantine measures imposed in parts of the country.
Under the said program, over 600,000 small rice farmers who plant one hectare or less will receive
a P5,000 financial subsidy.

Comprehension Questions:
1. What was the social media post about?________________________________________
Should we always believe what we read on Social Media? ___________Why or why not?
________________________________________________________________________
2. What will the Department of Agriculture distribute instead? _______________________
3. Who was the source of this information?_______________________________________
Is he a credible source? ________________
4. What should we exercise when reading social media posts?__________________________
Why is it necessary to do this? __________________________________________________
5. Evaluate the news article read to you by your parent with the use of the rubric on the next
page.

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 https://www.tpsnva.org/teach/l_p/047/newspaper_rubric.pdf

Comments: __________________________________

_______________________________________________ Grade Earned: _____

CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING

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Watch this news report - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dkl-R27zpn4 then, answer
the questions that follow.
Guide Questions:
1. What is the news report about? __________________________________________
2. Do you agree with what the reporter is saying? ___________Why or why not?
______________________________________________________________________
3. What strategy did the news reporter use to make her report credible?
_______________________________________________________________________
4. Should objective listeners consider the opinions of the political analyst and the
rallyist as facts?______________ Why or why not?___________________________
________________________________________________________________________
What are the characteristics of a news report? ____________________________
________________________________________________________________________ll
5. Is this news report accurate? ______________ relevant? ______________ adequate?
______________valid? ______________

REMEMBER
When evaluating listening texts, it is important to know the difference among each
criterion. Accuracy refers to the correctness of the information. Validity refers to the
soundness of the information given. Adequacy refers to the sufficiency or completeness
of the information provided while Relevance refers to the importance of the information.
.

Post Test
Match the words in column A with their synonyms in Column B. Write only the
letter of your answer.

A B
1. accuracy a. assess
2. validity b. soundness
3. adequacy c. importance
4. relevance d. correctness
5. evaluate e. completeness

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Name: _______________________Grade and Sec.______________

Directions: Write a reflective learning log about Criteria in Evaluating Listening Texts
by answering the questions inside the box. You may express your answers in a more
critical and creative presentation of your great learning. Have fun and enjoy!

Lessons on Criteria in What other example can

What learnings have I I contribute to explore
Evaluating Listening
found from this and think more?
Texts guides me to
lesson?
reflect on…

What learnings can What good What is my

I share with my character have I conclusion on the
family and peers? developed from this lesson?

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 References

n.d. https://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr194.shtml?fbclid=IwAR34BYaIgC-
PT1AiQ3O95D8B6k8zuNQ4omvJLhoYohlonwmMKpRSlMoYkEY .

n.d. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66OenbDsgz8.

n.d. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZslgkv1eQE.

n.d. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAPZC7o6Y9k.

n.d. https://www.tpsnva.org/teach/l_p/047/newspaper_rubric.pdf.

n.d. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dkl-R27zpn4 .

n.d. https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1271829/fwd-da-fb-post-announcing-p3k-cash-aid-to-farmers-fake-
news.

https://www.tpsnva.org/teach/l_p/047/newspaper_rubric.pdf

Acknowledgements

Writer: Lady Chris C. Leonardo, MT II

Editor: Sheila S. Vergara, HT VI
Reviewer: Vicente M. Victorio Jr., EPS
Management Team: Maria Magdalena M. Lim-Schools Division Superintendent-
Manila, Aida H. Rondilla-Chief Education Supervisor
Lucky S. Carpio-EPS and Lady Hannah C Gillo, Librarian II-LRMS

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1. D 6. D
2. B 7. B
3. E 8. E
4. C 9. C
5. A 10.A
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