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LESSON 1
PRE-DISCUSSION
Study the following words. Which spelling is correct? Which Spelling is incorrect? Tick
the appropriate box. Justify your answer.

Correct Incorrect Justifications

1. Aeroplane ✓ There is no word
aeroplane
2. Airplane ✓ A flying vehicle

3. Colonise ✓ Nor word colonise

4. Colonize ✓ Colonization, or
colonisation refers to
large-scale population
movements 
5. Defence ✓ No word defence

6. Defense ✓ the action of

defending from or
resisting attack.
"she came to the
defense of the
eccentric professor"

7. Enrolment ✓ the action of enrolling

or being enrolled.
8. Enrollment ✓ the number of people
enrolled at a school or
college.
9. Honour ✓ No word honour

10. Honor ✓ Award to a

outstanding person
 ASSESSMENT/ENRICHMENT
Check your understanding of the input by answering the following questions:
1. What is the difference between language acquisition and language learning?
-Learning about a language, its sound system, and structure is referred to as language learning.
Language acquisition entails absorbing the sound system and structure of a target language in some
way, ideally without ever thinking about the language's real structure.
2. What is the difference between first language and second language?
A person's mother tongue or native language is their first language, but a second language is one
that they learn in order to converse with native speakers of that language. A second language, on the
other hand, is always determined by the individual. There are numerous options for learning a
second language.
3. What happens after a language comes into contact with another?

The result of the contact of two languages can be the replacement of one by the other. This is most
common when one language has a higher social position (prestige). This sometimes leads to
language endangerment or extinction.

CONCRETIZING
1. Create your language biography by filling in the Language Biodata Form below.
Language Biodata Form
How many languages do you speak? I can speak four different languages,
Identify these languages. Ilonggo, Cebuano, tagalog and English.

What is/are your first language/s or My mother tongue, Ilonggo

mother tongue/s?

How did you acquire your fist Influence of my parents and people around
language/s or mother tongue/s? me when I was a kid.

What skills can you perform using Make people believe on me even it is not
your first language/s? true. (basta Ilonggo TIKALON)

What is/are your second Cebuano

language/s?
How did you learn your second When I was 5 years old, me and my
language/s? parents transfer at General Santos City.

What skills can you perform using none

your second language/s?

What are your language strengths? My language strength is I can use those
four languages to communicate from
different people to their different language.
What are your language May language weaknesses, not
weaknesses? knowing deep dialect like Ilocano and
Muslim languages.
 Which language is your favorite and Ilonggo, because it is my mother tongue
why?

2. After filling the table above, write a paragraph that tells your story of your languages.
My Language Biography
When I was a kid, starts to speak something, my parents influence me with
current language, the Ilonggo, and it is my mother tongue
Then when I was 5 years, we transfer at General Santos City, people their speaks
Cebuano, ma childhood friends are also a Cebuano and they influence me another
language.
When the time comes to start my elementary journey, Tagalog and English languages
comes in. Until now I’m still using those four languages for my daily communication from
different situation in my life.
And that’s the short story of my languages.

INTROSPECTING

In this lesson, I learned that as a human

being, I should understand that language is

-Very important to us as a human being, it is a part our life

to have communication and to understand each other’s idea
ang thoughts. Misunderstood or any misinterpret languages
can cause trouble or war.

LESSON 2
ASSESSMENT / ENRICHMENT
To check your understanding of the lesson, answer the following questions:
1. How do you differentiate the types of communication in relation to communication
mode?
- Formal communication is the use of formal language that is delivered orally or in writing.
Formal settings and writings include lectures, public talks/speeches, research and project
proposals, reports, and business communications, among others. While it is called informal
communication, it does not use formal terminology. It entails casual and informal
discussions with friends, family members, and acquaintances about anything and
everything.
2. How can visual communication enhance the message conveyed by a speaker? Cite
a situation when it is best to employ visual communication.
-The use of pictures to convey information and/or messages is known as visual
communication. Signs, symbols, iconography, maps, graphs, charts, diagrams,
pictograms, photographs, drawings or illustrations, and even various forms of technological
communication are all also examples of visual communication. For example, explaining an
business profit or losses through charts.
3. What are the types of communication in relation to context? How do they differ from
one another?
- The difference between the three is that Interpersonal communication is a two way
communication while presentational communication has only an individual speaking and
other(s) listening and Interpretive Communication is just translating raw information into a
language which normal people can understand.
4. How can you listen to speaker’s opinions through electronic media without easily
swayed into accepting their opinions?
- The idea of a speaker making a point is usually to persuade. If you have good critical thinking
skills, being convinced of another’s argument or statement, if fact based, is up to your common
sense.
5. Of the four approaches employed in formal organization structure, which do you
think is the best? Cite situations which will call for the use of each approach. Give
one advantage of each.
-For me the best among the four is Downward communication, it because there was a flow of
communication is top-down or from a superior to a subordinate, usually asking certain
individuals to perform a certain task. One example is the government of the Philippines. And
the advantage of it is the communication has a flow and it will not be misunderstand or being
misinterpret.
 6. Would you know any strategy or method by which you can reduce the complexity of
understanding another culture? Do you think it will work with your current set of
foreign friends?
-For me the best strategy or method to reduce the complexity of understanding another
culture is respect each culture. Because in respect starts everything, when you start to
respect the culture, you will learn to love it.
7. How do you differentiate formal communication from informal communication in
relation to purpose and style? Provide situations to illustrate the differences.

- Formal communication is written, whereas Informal communication is oral. Formal

communication is time-consuming as opposed to Informal communication, which is rapid
and quick. Formal communication is more reliable than Informal communication. Formal
communication is designed by the organization.

CONCRETIZING

1. Using the alternatives available to you, look for the mission-vision statements and the core
values that characterize a company or an institution. Evaluate them using the table below.

Mission Statement
Indicators Strongly Somewhat Disagree Comments
agree agree

1. The mission statement Your mission

focuses on the statement
✓ focuses more on
present.
the present, 
2. The mission statement ✓ A mission
is concise and direct. statement is a
concise
explanation of the
organization's
reason for
existence.
3. The mission statement ✓ A mission
states what the statement is a
organization does. concise
explanation of the
organization's
reason for
existence. It
describes the
organization's
 purpose and its
overall intention.
4. The mission statement ✓ A mission
states how the statement
organization operates. defines what an
organization is,
why it exists, its
reason for being.
5. The mission statement ✓ An effective
states for whom the mission statement
organization does clearly defines
things. who the customer
is and what
services and
products the
business intends
to provide.

Vision Statement
Indicators Strongly Somewhat Disagree Comments
agree agree
1. The vision statement ✓ A vision statement
focuses on the future. for a company or
organization
focuses on the
potential inherent in
the company's
future;
2. The vision statement ✓ A great aspiration
shows an aspiration. statement describes
a future that reflects
and builds on areas
identified in
Discovery and
Dream important to
and valued by the
organisation and its
people.
3. The vision statement is ✓ A vision statement
clear and concise. sets out a
company's long-
term goals and
aspirations clearly
and concisely

Core Values
Indicators Strongly Somewhat Disagree Comments
agree agree
1. The core values can be ✓ Core
easily remembered. values should be
only one or two
words long so
that they can be
easily
remembered.
 2. The core values are not ✓ Yes to easy
too many. familiarize by
the persona
3. The core values can be ✓ Creating sparks.
translated into action. If a company's
values align with
the natural
desires and
actions of the
employees, the
values
themselves will
inspire action
4. The core values are ✓ Core values
are what support
unique to the
the vision, shape
organization. the culture and
reflect what a
company value.
They are the
essence of the
company's identity
the principles,
beliefs or
philosophy of
values. Core
values help
companies in the
decision-making
processes
5. The core values are ✓
connected to the The vision,
mission, and
organization’s mission
values
vision statements. statements form
the foundation for
all activities in an
organization. The
vision statement
describes what the
organization will
become in the
future.The values
statement defines
how people in the
organization should
behave. It provides
a guideline for
decision making.

2. Through an online platform or any means available to you, interview a certain head of an
organization and ask him/her the following questions:
a. What is the culture of your organization?
-the culture of my organization “TEAMWORK’’.
b. Do you think cultures can be created? Modified? Changed?
-YES
3. Read the Phil.Star.com article titled “Buwan ng Wika: Filipino scholar analyzes
SB19 Ken Suson, P-Pop as multilingual genre” based on Ruanni Tupaz’ investigation of
Pinoy Pop as multilingual genre. Write a reflection essay on the said article focusing on
language and communication.