English Lesson: Information from Various Sources

Introduction

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Target Learning Competency

• Use information for everyday life usage.
• Retrieve relevant information from news reports, speeches, informative talks, and panel discussions.
• Definition: According to the Oxford Dictionary, information is facts provided or learned about something or someone.

Methods of Gathering Information

1. Listening
2. Reading
3. Interviews
4. Questioning
5. Questionnaires
6. Observation
7. Study of existing reports

Types of Sources for Information

News Reports

• Found in newspapers, televisions, and radios.
• Aim: Inform readers of current events.

Speech

• Formal address or discourse delivered to an audience.

Informative Talks

• Aim: Educate the audience on a particular topic.
• Helps the audience understand and remember the subject.

Panel Discussion

• Live or virtual discussions on specific topics by panelists with differing perspectives.
• Presented in front of a large audience.

Classification of Information Sources

Primary Sources

• Direct or first-hand information about an event, person, object, or work of art.
• Original materials not interpreted, condensed, or evaluated by a second party.
• Examples:
  • Diaries
  • Interviews

Secondary Sources

• Analysis or restatement of primary sources.
• Summarize, interpret, reorganize, or add value to primary sources.
• Created after the event by someone not from the time period.
• Examples:
  • Textbooks
  • Documentaries

Tertiary Sources

• List, compile, or index primary and secondary information sources.
• Used to look up facts or get a general idea.
• Examples:
  • Almanacs
  • Chronologies
  • Directories
  • Manuals
  • Handbooks
  • Guidebooks
  • Indexes
  • Statistics

Application Example

• Subject: Civil War
  • Primary Source: Civil War soldier’s diary.
  • Secondary Source: Book about the Civil War.
  • Tertiary Source: List of Civil War battle sites.

Conclusion

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