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Unit I Lesson 3

This document discusses the roles of language in society and communication. It defines language as a tool for communicating ideas that can build relationships. It also explains paraphrasing as restating what someone said in your own words to enhance understanding. Guidelines for effective paraphrasing include restating ideas and feelings, introducing the paraphrase, and getting feedback to ensure accurate understanding. The document also discusses summarizing as including only important ideas and key points from a longer text in a condensed form.

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Unit I Lesson 3

This document discusses the roles of language in society and communication. It defines language as a tool for communicating ideas that can build relationships. It also explains paraphrasing as restating what someone said in your own words to enhance understanding. Guidelines for effective paraphrasing include restating ideas and feelings, introducing the paraphrase, and getting feedback to ensure accurate understanding. The document also discusses summarizing as including only important ideas and key points from a longer text in a condensed form.

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LESSON 3

ROLES OF
LANGUAGE IN
SOCIETY
OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson, students should be able
to:
1. Determine the role of language in
communication;
2. Paraphrase ideas to enhance clarity and
understanding;
3. Organize information from a text by completing
tree diagrams; and
4. Grasp the central or main idea in a given text;
WHAT ARE THE
ROLES OF
LANGUAGE IN
ROLES OF
LANGUAGE
•Communicating ideas
•Language is more of the message
than the medium.
•It can create friendship, bonds,
and a good start of a good
relationship.
ROLES OF
LANGUAGE
•Strangers
•Acquaintances
•Friendship and good
relationship
PARAPHRASIN
G
•It consists of restating in your
own words what the other
person’s statement means to you.
•It represents more that just what
the person says or saying the
person’s ideas in some other way.
PARAPHRASIN
G
•The paraphrase technique is based on
the premise that an individual
expresses an idea and that idea is
restated in another way by the listener,
the speaker will clarify, expand upon, or
further explore the ideas and feelings
embodied in the statement.
PARAPHRASIN
G
•Paraphrasing technique works
because it increases accuracy and
clarity in communication by
reducing the problems that are
created by selective perception.
EXAMPLES ON
PAGE 14
GUIDELINES- pages 14-
15
1. Restate the other person’s
expressed ideas and feelings in
your own words.
2. Introduce your paraphrase with
a tentative introductory phrase.
GUIDELINES- pages 14-
15
4. Wait for the other person’s
response.
5. Where necessary, paraphrase
the other’s response in order to
secure the most accurate
understanding possible.
EXAMPLES
1. He was saddened by the news.
P: The news depressed him.
2. The majority of consumers
prefer imported cars.
P: Foreign cars are preferred by
most customers.
EXAMPLES
3. Niagara Falls is viewed by
thousands of tourists every year.
P: Each year, thousands of people
visit Niagara Falls.
EXAMPLES
4. It was a spacious room with lit candles all
over it.
P: Candles flickered from many parts of the
large room.
5. The grey clouds were a warning of an
approaching storm.
P: The coming storm was foretold by the dark
clouds.
SUMMARIZING
• Only the important ideas and key points are
included.
• It is considered as a process of taking
information from a comparatively longer
chapter, theory, or write-up and creating a
smaller version of it that covers all the facts
and main points of the original version.
The Human System– Man
as a Communicator
By John M.
Lannon

Page 16
Man as the Storage Transmitter Receiver
processor System Subsystem Subsystem

FOUR COMPONENT MODEL OF


COMMUNICATION PROCESS
PAGE 16
TREE
DIAGRAMS
PAGE 16
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
PAGE 17

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