This document discusses effective communication and developing critical thinking skills. It explains that communication involves sending and exchanging ideas through language. Being an effective communicator is important for studies, employment, and relationships. The document states that considering your audience and purpose leads to effective communication and understanding between cultures. Various activities are provided to help students practice their communication skills and develop respect for other perspectives.

1. Cecille Ubaldo

2. Communication is
defined as the process of
sending, giving and
exchanging of ideas or
information through a medium
which is usually language. It
serves as a transport link
among us so it keeps us in
touch with people.

3. Effective
communication
then is an essential part
in many areas your life-
your studies, future
employment, and
building relationships

4.  Consider how you get your message across?
How do you express your ideas? your needs?
Likewise, how do you respond to others‘
ideas and needs? Therefore, careful
consideration of audience and purpose brings
about effective communication and fosters
understanding among cultures.

5.  This lesson provides opportunities for you to
become effective communicators. As this focuses
on the theme: Changing Perspectives, you will be
studying reading selections particularly from
Singapore that are rich in socio-cultural values and
attitude that will help you develop critical thinking
skills to evaluate, make wise choices, and
formulate fair judgment and decisions. Your
communicative competence will be challenged as
you write business letters. When you go through
the activities, it is important to bear in mind the
questions: What does it take to be an effective
communicator? How do you express your
perspectives while respecting other cultures? What
makes perspectives credible?

6.  Listen for details
 Deliver a speech using correct stress for emphasis
 Define words from context and through word analysis
(prefix, roots, suffixes)
 Abstract information from the different text types by
noting explicit and implicit signals used by the writer
 Acquire critical thinking skills essential for evaluation,
forming judgment, and making decisions
 Develop the value of respecting other‘s point of view
 Use the transactional and interactional functions of
language in letters of appeal, inquiry, etc.
 Use fixed expressions for business writing
 Write a letter of application and the accompanying
documents (e.g. resume)

7. Activity 1: IT‘S MORE
FUN IN ASIA!
Identify the country
where the following
landmarks/beauty spots
can be found. The given
letters are the clues.

8. 1. _ H _ _ A

9. 2. _ _ D _ _

10. 3. _ _ I _ _ _ P _ _ _ _

11. 4. _ H _ _ _ A _ _

12. 5. _ _ _ A _

13. 6. _ _ U _ _ _ O _ _ _

14. 7. _ A _ _ _ A _ _ B _ _

15. Singapore is one of
the Asian countries
frequently visited by
tourists. Why is this
so? What do tourists
like in Singapore?
Why is that?

16.  Identify the countries being referred to in the
table below and describe the people in terms
of traits and characteristics. Share your
answers with a partner and with the whole
class.

17. TITLE COUNTRY REMARKABLE
PEOPLE‘S
TRAITS/CHAR
ACTERISTICS
Land of the Rising
Sun
Land of the
Morning Calm
Birthplace of Islam
Pearl of the Orient
Seas
The Land of Smiles
The Subcontinent
The Middle
Kingdom

18. 
Why is India called a
subcontinent?
India is considered a subcontinent of South Asia
because it has distinct geographical features not
shared by other Asian countries, and has a unique
system of governance as well. The Indian
subcontinent fits the criteria for a subcontinent,
which includes geographical features or
governmental system different from those of
surrounding nations. The Indian subcontinent
resides in south-central Asia, and forms the shape
of a large peninsula.

19.  In 1934 A.D., an emperor of the Ming
dynasty of China, the Celestial Empire of
the East, gave Korea the title of
''Chaohsien'' meaning morning
freshness. The title was most suited to
South Korea because of its spellbinding
natural beauty of picturesque high
mountains and clear waters and its
splen-did tranquillity, particularly in the
morning which further confirmed the
title on South Korea as the ''Land of
Morning Calm''.

20.  Middle Kingdom or Middle Country,
Mandarin Zhongguo, Chinese name
for China. It dates from c.1000
B.C., when it designated the Chou
empire situated on the
NorthChina Plain. The Chou people,
unaware of high civilizations in the
West, believed their empire
occupied the middle of the earth,
surrounded by barbarians.

21. Modern Saudi Arabia and
more notably Mecca and
Medina were the centres
where Islam was born.
Women's rights there are
considerably lesser than the
rest of the world

22.  Listen to the excerpt from Singapore‘s
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's National
Day 2012 Message. Before you do, study
the Question Creation Chart (Q-Chart) then
while listening, accomplish the chart by
creating questions using one word from
the left column and one word from the top
row. Form groups of three and answer the
questions you have formed. Discuss your
answers with the entire class.

23.  .
 Listen to the excerpt from Singapore‘s Prime
Minister Lee Hsien Loong's National Day 2012
Message. Before you do, study the Question
Creation Chart (Q-Chart) then while listening,
accomplish the chart by creating questions
using one word from the left column and one
word from the top row. Form groups of three
and answer the questions you have formed.
Discuss your answers with the entire class.

25. Activity 4:
QUESTIONS THAT
MATTER
1. What questions
have you formed?

26. 2. Are the
questions you have
formed important
that they need to
be addressed?

27. 3. Given the chance to
meet Prime Minister
Lee Hsien Loong, which
of the question would
you like to ask of him?
Why?

28. IS DID CAN WOULD WILL MIGHT
WHO
WHAT
WHERE
WHEN
HOW
WHY

29.  Activity 5: SAY IT RIGHT
Draw a happy face if each indicator below is evident, otherwise, draw a sad face .
 How do you feel after going through the speech activity? Did you find it difficult
to be the speaker or did you feel comfortable being one since you knew that the
speech somehow would apply to our situation in the Philippines?
 _____Eye contact was evident.
 _____Exuded confidence.
 _____Gestures and facial expression were appropriate.
 _____ Mastery of the piece was evident.
 _____Voice projection was good.
 _____ Used emphasis and showed enthusiasm
 _____ Did not use unnecessary movements and fillers such as ah, um, am, etc.
 _____ Rate of speech was good; did not speak too quickly or too slowly.
 _____ Pronunciation and articulation were correct.
 8-9 Outstanding:
 6-7 Very Satisfactory
 4-5 Satisfactory:
 3-below Needs Improvement:

30.  Realizing some similarities with Singapore in
terms of aspirations and dreams you may want to
know more about Singapore by touring the
country. Do these activities:
 A. Given the chance, what things do you usually
do before you go on a trip? List these down.
 B. After you have completed your list, look for a
partner with whom you can compare your list.
Decide on which things you think are the most
important to consider. Do the thinking tool LAP
(List All Priorities). Come up with a new list using
the worksheet on the next page. Complete the
statement

31. I WILL
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
__________________
 PROCESS QUESTIONS
1. What items in your list were the
same as your partner‘s? What were
different?
2. How did you come up with your
ranking?
3. Did you consider each other‘s ideas
and opinions?

32. Legends tell the
beginning of things. Just like
how other countries got their names,
Singapore too has her own story to tell. Read
on and find out how Singapore began,
evolved and got her name. As you read
through the text, try to recall the
characteristics of legends. To help you
understand the text better, do the activity
below.

33.  Directions: Give the meaning of
the italicized words using context
clues.
 1. When the tourist went to his farm, he climbed a
knoll to take a good look at the beautiful
surroundings.
a. stairs b. chair c. hill
 2. The ground attendant advised the passenger to
reduce the things he had in his suitcase for
jettisoning; he had exceeded the required weight
for his check-in baggage.
a. inspection b. donation c. discarding

34.  3. The traveller‘s goal is to reach the
summit of the mountain.
a. lowest part b. middle part c. highest
part
 4. The King‘s subjects obey his rules
faithfully.
a. followers b. courses to study c.
enemies
 5. The fan stood in awe when he saw his
favorite movie actor.
a. fear b. surprise c. respect