Most Essential Learning

Competency:
Determine the worth of ideas
mentioned in the text listened to
Learning Objectives:
1. Determine the worth of ideas mentioned
in a listening text using the CASTS method,
2. Make simple inferences about thoughts
and feelings expressed in the text listened to,
and
3. Process information mentioned in the
text listened to.
What can you see in the
picture?

The boy in the illustration

is considering five laptop popcorn modules
different options. What
did he pick out of the five
options?
internet cellphone
What do you think will he
do with those things?
Learning Task 1:

Listen to an excerpt of President Rodrigo

Duterte’s State of the Nation Address 2020.
Then, answer the questions in the graphic
organizer.
After hearing the speech How is the message
for the first time, were being delivered by the
you able to understand speaker?
it? Why or
why not? Speech of President
1 2
Duterte During the
State of the Nation
3 Address 2020 What are 4
Why do you some ways you
think the can pass on the
message is important to knowledge/ information
you as a student? you gained from the
speech?
Learning Task 2:
Consider the line lifted from the speech.
Use the table to make a simple
inference using the information from
the text and your prior knowledge or
personal experience.
It says… (information I say… (prior So, I infer…
from the text knowledge/perso (inference)
nal experience)
“Until the COVID
19 vaccine is
available, I will not
allow the
traditional face to
face teaching or
learning unless
[all] risks of
exposure to
sickness are
eliminated.”
Learning Task 3:
Complete the graphic organizer by filling out
information from the excerpt of the speech
of President Rodrigo Duterte during the
State of the Nation Address 2020.
C ontext What is the context (location/time) of the speech?

A udience Who is the intended audience?

S peaker Who is the speaker?

T one/ mood What tone or mood is expressed on

the speech?

S ummary How will you summarize the speech?

Determining the Worth
of Ideas to Make Simple
Inferences
 Inferences
-are conclusions you make by combining two things:
details/information from the text and your prior
knowledge/personal experience. These inferences are
helpful for you to arrive with the summary of the
speaker’s message.
 Making Simple
Inferences Using the
CASTS Method
 C ontext
Guide Questions
Where did the speech take place?
When did the speaker deliver the
speech?
How do other participants react
to the speech?
How to come up with your
inferences?
Describe the speech based
on your prior knowledge.
Explain the significance of the
location and time where the
speech was held.
 C ontext
Example:

The speech was held in the school at 8 in the

morning as part of the Opening Program.
 A udience
Guide Questions
Who is the intended audience?
What age range/group do they
belong?
Do they have similarities?
Are they coming from a group or
organization?
How to come up with your
inferences?
Describe the audience’s
participation in the speech.
Explain why they are the
intended audience based on
the text you have listened to.
 A udience
Example:

Students from Bulihan Integrated National High

School (BINHS) will be in the audience for the
dance competition.
 S peaker
Guide Questions How to come up with your
inferences?

What position does he/she have Describe the background

in a group or organization? information you know about
the speaker.
How important is his/her
presence in giving the speech?
 S peaker
Example:

The speaker is the principal of BINHS, who is

very supportive of such events.
 T one/ Mood
Guide Questions How to come up with your
inferences?

What words did the speaker use
that made you feel the emotions
portrayed in the speech? Is the
speaker fearful, angry, surprised,
serious, or humorous?
Write the words that make you
feel about the speech.
Describe your emotions that
you felt after listening to the
text.
 T one/ Mood
Example:

The speaker is excited since she announced that

the contest winners will receive prizes.
 S ummary
Guide Questions How to come up with your
inferences?

What salient or important points List down all your thoughts,

that the speaker mentioned in
his/her speech?
What is the central message that
the speaker wants to convey?
insights, and opinions about
the points that the speaker
has mentioned.
 S ummary
Example:

The speaker delivered a message regarding the

Division's upcoming Dance Contest. Students
from BINHS will compete, and I believe they will
win the competition, like they did last year as
she mentioned.
Learning Task 4:
Apply what you have learned from previous
activities. Listen to the speech given by Sec.
Leonor Magtolis Briones for the World No
Tobacco Day 2020. Then, complete the table
by following the CASTS method.
CASTS Method Guide Questions Answers
Context Where did the speech take place?
When did the speaker
deliver the speech? How did other
participants react to the speech?
Audience Who is the intended audience?
What age range/group do they
belong?
Speaker How important is her presence in
giving the speech?
Tone/ Mood What words are used by the
speaker that made you feel the
emotions portrayed in the speech?
Summary What words are used by the
speaker that made you feel the
emotions portrayed in the speech?
Learning Task 5
Decide whether each statement is TRUE or FALSE.

FALSE Context is the people who listens to the

________1.
speech.

TRUE Summary covers the important points of

________2.
the speech.
FALSE Listening to a text is easier to comprehend
________3.
than reading the text.

TRUE CASTS method involves context, audience,

________4.
speech, tone or mood, and summary.

TRUE Inferences are derived from two things —

________5.
details from the text and your prior knowledge.
What I have learned?
Now, it is your turn to review on the guide questions you
learned from each method. Write it on the provided
graphic organizer.
 Personal Assessment on Learner’s Level of
Performance
Using the symbols below, choose one which best describes your
experience in working on each given task. Draw it in the column for
Level of Performance (LP). Be guided by the descriptions below:

O- I was able to do/perform the task without any difficulty. The task
helped me in understanding the target content/ lesson.
/ - I was able to do/perform the task. It was quite challenging, but it still
helped me in understanding the target content/lesson.
? – I was not able to do/perform the task. It was extremely difficult. I
need additional enrichment activities to be able to do/perform this task.
Learning LP Learning LP Learning LP
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