MELC 7 Q1. Evaluate listening text in terms of accuracy, validity, adequacy and relevance.

Activity 1. Arrange the jumbled letters below to form the correct

word. Write your answer on the space provided.

1. ACACCYUR (noun) The condition or quality of being true,

correct, exact, and freedom of error.
2. YIALTIVD (noun) The state or quality of being valid.
3.QCYADEUA (noun) Sufficient for a particular purpose.
4. ERLEVANCE-(noun)_______________ Connected.

Listen as one of your family members reads the text then, do the activity that follows.

Solidarity is in fact the key to start this new way of life. Past and future generations
need to respect each other the planet, and care for the community of life. One should never
benefit from something now, which will eventually have a problematic effect on future
generations. A practical example is that of genetic engineering. This technology opens up a
new dimension for the world. It makes alteration of DNA possible. The immediate effects
are very positive as they, for example, can make a plant produce more seeds and
furthermore, no pests will feed on them. Yet, the downside to all these will be seen in the
future. Once the structure of DNA is altered, it would be impossible to change. Another
negative impact that future beings will face is the fracture of the feeding cycle. Therefore, it
is essential for all to protect one another, as all generations are interrelate, which means that
whatever happens today speaks about the relationship of the present and future generations.

Activity 2. Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down

Evaluate the passage based on different criteria. Draw (thumbs up) if it

PASSES the criteria and (thumbs down) if it DOES NOT.

1. Are the contents of the passage accurate and true?

2. Are the data presented organized and clear?
3. Can the ideas in the passage be used in daily life?
4. Does the passage provide adequate information or ideas acceptable to the
readers?
5. Does the passage reflect diversity and inclusion regarding culture, gender,
ethnicity, national origin, age taking into account the context of the particular
subject being addressed?

Note :(Let one member in the family reads the article entitled Reading is
Flexible ) Then, answer the questions that follow.

READING IS FLEXIBLE

Efficient readers are flexible. They adjust their reading rates to their purpose.
They acquire reading rates along a continuum from slow and careful to very rapid
reading, and they develop techniques of scanning and skimming.
Excellent readers pierce to the basic truth or falseness of any piece of writing.
They read with searching questions, weigh authority, and detect weak links in a chain of
reasoning. Today’s bewildered world calls for reflective reading.
Many students read slowly because they lack basic strategies for unlocking
ideas. They do not know how to unravel the pronunciation and meanings of words. They
have not learned some basic comprehension skills. Pressuring them to build faster rates
in reading may be futile and harmful.
Scanning is glancing down the pages of a book to find a single piece of
information. The proper scanning rate is 1,500 or more words per minute.
Skimming to get the general content or gist of an article may be from 800 to
1,000 words per minute. Neither skimming nor scanning is a true reading rate.

to 1,000 words per minute. Neither skimming nor scanning is a true reading
rate.
For actual reading rate, 450 words or more per minute is considered a very
rapid reading of light, easy, fast-moving fiction. For fairly easy materials, rapid reading
is 350 words per minute. The main purpose of reading is to get the most important facts
or ideas from what one reads.

Source: http://www.lumenlearning.com

1. Efficient readers adjust their reading rates to their .

2. They develop the technique of which involves
glancing down
pages to find a single piece of information.
3. They use a technique to get the idea, content, or gist of an
article.

4. Today’s bewildered world calls for reading.

5. The scanning rate is words per minute.
6. Skimming for main ideas may be words per minute.