a. your fastest means of communication is listening?
b. you get more than 40 percent of your information through listening? c. you receive messages from any direction, from around others, and through some barriers?
Listening is a familiar part of our everyday experience. Actually, most
people spend a large part of their walking hours listening with varying degrees of attention, to language and to other stimuli. Determining the worth of ideas is used to distinguish between what information in a text is most important versus what information is interesting but not necessary for understanding. This practical listening strategy enables you as a student to distinguish between the most and least important information presented in any listening activity.
Pre-Assessment A. Sit Back, Relax, and Relish the Music There are a lot of songs that take you somewhere back to your past. It may be a past experience from your life or a past experience from a story you have seen in a film or you have read from a book. Songs may even bring you back from the stories told to you by a family member or a close friend. Listen to the song and you should: 1. Take down words that caught your attention; 2. Draw images which you could associate with the song; 3. Write big words which may represent the emotion caught by the song; 4. Enumerate as many feelings that the song may draw out from you; and, 5. Write your responses in your notebook. Link: (https://www.metrolyrics.com/i-dont-want-you-to-go-lyrics-kyla.html)
What does the song tries to tell you?
Are the ideas presented worthy?
We always have a purpose for listening. We may listen to the radio in
the morning to decide whether to wear a coat or take an umbrella. We may
1 listen to a song for pleasure. We listen in different ways based on our purpose. Having a purpose helps us listen more effectively. Whether you're having a conversation in real life or listening to a passage or any listening activities, determining the worth of ideas is a must.
At the end of this learning module, you will be able to:
Determine the worth of ideas mentioned in the text listened to
Listening is attending to what you consider important. It is trying to get
the meaning of what you hear. To listen successfully to spoken language, you need to be able to work out what speaker mean when they use particular words in particular ways in particular situations. The important thing about listening is getting the message and interpreting it. Determining the worth of ideas mentioned in the text listened to means focusing on what is important in the text. We decide, from among everything on the text, what is most important to listen to and remember. As proficient listener, we engage in that process continually while listening. We filter information and organize our thinking around the big ideas. Determining the worth of ideas allow us to move through a text coherently, developing a line of thinking that helps our listening make sense. The main point is the most important concept or argument of the passage as a whole. Once you understand the main point, all the details will fall into place, but without the main point, nothing really makes sense. Many students struggle with this because they think they need to understand every single word and detail to know what a speaker is saying. Then, they get so nervous and frantic about remembering every little thing that they completely lose sight of the main point. In this lesson, you'll get some tips for avoiding this problem so you can stay focused on the main point.
Exercise 1: Agree or Disagree!
Direction: What was the message of the persona in the song? Write T (True) if you agree with the statement and F (False) if you disagree. Write your answer in your notebook. _____ 1. The persona in the song expresses the pain of letting go. _____ 2.The persona, too, has let go of the relationship.
2 _____ 3. The persona is aware of how things will go in the end. _____ 4. The persona and the beloved have grown by letting go. _____ 5. The persona is ready to love again.
Exercise 2: Complete the Idea!
Direction: Listen to the song one last time. Fill in the blanks with correct lyrics to complete the thought of the songs.
Here I am And from the start
_______ and I don't _________ Maybe we were tryin' too hard Exactly how it all began It's crazy coz it's breakin' our heart The ______ just walked away _______ can fall apart but I know, That I don't want you to go I'm ______ on When all but the ______ gone Oh it's just _____ much Takin' all the ______ world all by And from the ______ myself Maybe I was tryin' too ______ But it's not _____ It's _____ coz it's breakin' my Unless I stop _____ somebody _____ else, Things can ____ apart but I know, _____ else That I don't want you to go And ______again
And _______ die, And from the start
When they ignore the cause ______we were tryin' too hard ______ It's crazy coz it's breakin' our hearts But they learn from what's left Things can fall ______ but I know, _______ That I don't want you to go, no And ______ for something else Maybe we were tryin' to hard It's crazy coz it's breakin' our hearts And so it goes Things can fall apart but I know, That we have both _______ how to That I don't want you to go _____ Oh no, don't want you to go
Activity 1: Say That Again!
Direction: Listen again to the song given. Write down at least three lines from the song that captured your attention. Once you’ve written them, what does it means to you? Write your answers on the table provided.
3 Lines from the song What do those lines mean to you?
Key Ideas to Remember:
Listening is attending to what you consider important. Determining the worth of ideas mentioned in the text listened to means focusing on what is important in the text. Main point is the most important concept or argument of the passage as a whole.
For additional knowledge about determining the worth of ideas, you can access the following links: https://www.ccis.edu/offices/academicresources/writingcenter/studyskill s/textbookreadingstrategies/findingthemainidea.aspx https://www.literacyideas.com/getting-the-main-idea
A. On the Point! Direction: Revisit the lyrics of the song. Internalize and determine the worth of ideas by choosing only one activity below: A. Choose a line from the song that strikes you the most and create a short poem that discusses its worth. B. Draw a series of scenes/pictures that describes the worth of the song. C. Create a song that depicts the meaning of the song.
4 B. On the Other Side!
Direction: Have you ever thought of a reply to the song? Have you ever wondered what could be in the mind of the other person who is also saying goodbye? Create a reply telling what you felt about the song, the worth of the ideas to you and its impact to you as a listener. Write your reply in your notebook.
glance as you look back at me, Although I swore I would never And someday soon I think have to let you go I will find a haven It‘s a promise I cannot keep. Where I can cry the tears And let the salt water cleanse I need to live the wounds and you need to grow. So they can begin to heal But now is not the time. My heart folds back onto itself And I just bend my knees and One hand raised lower my center I salute you To withstand the buffet of the With a wave of good-bye winds Wishing you all the blessings of That will blow me, and through this earth me And when we meet again it Without you standing there to won‘t be the same shelter me. But we will always know
The tether is cut, and you are How much we loved and trusted free to fly and shared and I lose an anchor, and my Victories, losses, adventures cheeks burn, from the icy wind and just the passage of time. and the few tears that sneak Look back no more past the wall Eyes to the future That I am leaning on so that I And I will just stand here and can stand watch you go.
5 Books Almonte, Liza R., Flandez, Lerma L., Lagustan, Nedia, et. Al, A Journey Through Anglo-American Literature (First Edition), Vibal Group, Inc., 1253 G. Araneta Avenue, Quezon City, 2014 Bureau of Curriculum Development, Bureau of Learning Resources, English 7 Learning Material (Frist Edition), FEP Printing Corp., 2017 Online Resources https://www.slideshare.net/knowellton/module-61-english
Pre-assessment A. Sit Back, Relax, and Relish the Music! Answers may vary. Exercise 1: Agree or Disagree! 1. T 4. T 2. T 5. T 3. T Exercise 2: Complete the Idea! 1. alone 14. fight 2. understand 15. learned 3. dream 16. grow 4. holding 17. things 5. passion’s 18. too 6. start 19. whole 7. hard 20. enough 8. crazy 21. trusting 9. heart 22. somebody 10. fall 23. love 11. heroes 24. maybe 12. inside 25. apart 13. behind Activity 1: Say That Again! Answers may vary. Post Assessment A. On the Point! Answers may vary. B. On the Other Side! Answers may vary!
