CONFLICTS

IN OUR EVERYDAY LIFE, WE ENCOUNTER PEOPLE WHO

MAY CHALLENGE OUR ABILITY TO KEEP OUR COOL, MAINTAIN OUR

COMPOSURE, OR STRETCH OUR PATIENCE.

WE REACT OR RESPOND DIFFERENTLY TO EVERY

SITUATION, DEPENDING ON SOME FACTORS THAT MAY

INFLUENCE SUCH REACTION OR RESPONSE.

SOMETIMES, OUR REACTION MAY BE POSITIVE SUCH THAT TAKING A BETTER

PERSPECTIVE OF THE SITUATION OR ISSUE, WE

WIN FRIENDS INSTEAD OF CREATE ENEMIES.

HOWEVER, HUMAN AS WE ARE, WE MAY ALSO

RESPOND NEGATIVELY WHICH MAY RESULT TO

DISAGREEMENTS OR CONFLICTS.

IN SOME CASES, WE MAY NOT BE IN CONFLICT WITH

ANOTHER PERSON BUT WITH OUR OWN SELVES.

WE MAY HAVE FELT LIKE THE WORLD CAVED IN ON

US BECAUSE OF A PROBLEM OR SITUATION THAT WE

COULD HARDLY RESOLVE OR GET AWAY FROM.

OR WE FEEL DISTURBED, PERPLEXED, OR WORST,

DEPRESSED BECAUSE WE COULD BARELY DECIDE ON

THE BEST THING TO DO ABOUT SUCH PROBLEMATIC

SITUATION.

MANY OF THESE SIMILAR SITUATIONS ARE

REFLECTED IN THE LITERATURE OF THE WORLD

WHICH THE FUTURE LESSONS DEAL WITH IN

ORDER TO SURFACE HOW INTRAPERSONAL

CONFLICTS MAY BE EXPRESSED OR RESOLVED.

IN THE PROCESS, YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO EXPRESS

YOUR PERSONAL IDEAS OR OPINIONS BOTH IN ORAL

AND WRITTEN ENGLISH SO AS TO CONVINCE OTHERS

TO ACCEPT YOUR STANDPOINT ON CERTAIN ISSUES OR CONFLICTING SITUATIONS IN REAL LIFE

AND EVENTUALLY, RESTORE HARMONIOUS

RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHERS AROUND YOU.

AS WE GO ALONG THESE LESSONS, REMEMBER TO

SEARCH FOR THE ANSWERS TO THE FOLLOWING FOCUS

QUESTIONS:

HOW DO LITERARY TEXTS HELP ONE UNDERSTAND

HOW INTERNAL CONFLICTS CAN BE EXPRESSED AND

RESOLVED?

WHAT MAKES FOR EFFECTIVE PERSUASIVE

TEXTS?

EXPECTED SKILLS

DETERMINE THE EFFECT OF TEXTUAL AIDS LIKE

ADVANCED ORGANIZERS, TITLES, NON-LINEAR

ILLUSTRATIONS, ETC. ON THE UNDERSTANDING OF A

TEXT

DETERMINE HOW CONNECTED EVENTS CONTRIBUTE TO THE

TOTALITY OF A MATERIAL VIEWED

EXPLAIN HOW THE ELEMENTS SPECIFIC TO A

SELECTION BUILD ITS THEME

EXPLAIN HOW THE ELEMENTS SPECIFIC TO A

GENRE CONTRIBUTE TO THE THEME OF A PARTICULAR

LITERARY SELECTION

DETERMINE TONE, MOOD, TECHNIQUE, AND PURPOSE

OF THE AUTHOR

COMPARE NEW INSIGHTS WITH NEW LEARNING

DRAW GENERALISATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS BASED

ON THE MATERIALS VIEWED

EXPLAIN HOW A SELECTION MAY BE INFLUENCED BY

CULTURE, HISTORY, ENVIRONMENT, OR OTHER

FACTORS

SHOW APPRECIATION FOR SONGS, POEMS, AND OTHER

LISTENING TEXTS

DRAW SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES OF THE

FEATURED SELECTIONS IN RELATION TO THE THEME

EXAMINE HOW SPOKEN COMMUNICATION MAY BE REPAIRED OR ENHANCED

EVALUATE LITERATURE AS A WAY OF EXPRESSING AND

RESOLVING ONE’S PERSONAL CONFLICTS

IDENTIFY WAYS OR STRATEGIES TO RESOLVE

INTERNAL CONFLICTS

USE REFLEXIVE AND INTENSIVE PRONOUNS

GET INFORMATION THAT CAN BE USED IN EVERYDAY LIFE FROM NEWS REPORTS,

SPEECHES, INFORMATIVE TALKS, PANEL DISCUSSIONS,

ETC.

IDENTIFY FEATURES OF PERSUASIVE TEXTS

FORMULATE A STATEMENT OF OPINION OR ASSERTION

USING WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS THAT EMPHASISE A POINT

COMPOSE A PERSUASIVE TEXT OF THREE

PARAGRAPHS EXPRESSING ONE’S STAND ON AN ISSUE

COMPOSE SHORT PERSUASIVE TEXTS USING A

VARIETY OF PERSUASIVE TECHNIQUES AND DEVICES

DETERMINE THE IMPLICIT AND EXPLICIT SIGNALS,

VERBAL, AS WELL AS NON-VERBAL, USED BY THE

SPEAKER TO HIGHLIGHT SIGNIFICANT POINTS

EXPRESS INSIGHTS BASED ON THE IDEAS PRESENTED IN THE MATERIAL VIEWED

USE MODALS

IDENTIFY THE FACTORS OF PUBLIC SPEAKING

DESCRIBE AND INTERPRET THE ETHICS OF PUBLIC

SPEAKING

DESCRIBE THE TECHNIQUES IN EFFECTIVE PUBLIC

SPEAKING

EMPLOY THE TECHNIQUES IN PUBLIC SPEAKING IN A

SAMPLE PUBLIC SPEAKING SITUATION

SINGLE OUT DIRECT AND INDIRECT SIGNALS USED BY

A SPEAKER

POINT OUT THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE DEVICES USED BY THE

SPEAKER TO ATTRACT AND HOLD THE ATTENTION OF

THE LISTENER

PRE-TEST

GOAL ORGANIZER

LITERARY/MOVIE CHARACTERS ON PARADE

TELL HOW EACH CHARACTER EXPRESSED

AND RESOLVED CONFLICTS HE/SHE WAS INVOLVED IN.

Literary/Movie Character

Way/s of Expressing Conflicts

Way/s of Resolving Conflicts

Shylock (from William

Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice)

Richard Cory (from Arlington’s

Richard Cory)

Montressor (from Edgar Allan Poe’s The

Cask of Amontillado)

Literary/Movie Character

Way/s of Expressing Conflicts

Way/s of Resolving Conflicts

Pablo (from Alberto Florentino’s The World

is an Apple)

Okonkwo (from Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart)

Bella Swan (from Stephenie Meyer’s

Twilight)

Literary/Movie Character

Way/s of Expressing Conflicts

Way/s of Resolving Conflicts

Katniss Everdeen (from Suzanne Collin’s The

Hunger Games)

WHAT COMMON WAYS WERE EMPLOYED BY THE

CHARACTERS TO COMMUNICATE WITH OTHERS THE TYPE OF

CONFLICT THEY EXPERIENCED ACCORDING

TO THE STORY?

WHAT COMMON WAYS DID THE CHARACTERS USE TO RESOLVE THE CONFLICTS

THEY EXPERIENCED WITHIN THEMSELVES?

WERE THE CHARACTERS ABLE TO RESTORE OR

ENHANCE RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHERS AFTER THE

CONFLICT? EXPLAIN.