time check it's english o'clock [Music] english teacher nihuan [Music] i made learning english easy for you please like comment and subscribe hello everyone familiar [Music] the target most essential learning competency for this video is examine biases for or against made by the author so what comes into your mind when we say bias k-pop idols ba presidential candidates is what does the word bias mean bias is the tendency of an individual to have a positive or negative tendency or liking towards or against something showing bias prevents an individual to approach an issue or matter from neutral point of view so when mike enriquez says [Music] foreign here is an example of a bias statement jenna deserves to be the school valedictorian since she is more intelligent than jane and because jenna is my best friend showing favorites and expressing preferences are an example of bias [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] now what is bias in writing bias in writing can be defined as a prejudice against something an author is writing about favoritism for something an author is writing about an author letting feelings or emotions cloud his or her objectivity concerning something he or she is writing about how can we tell or recognize biases recognizing bias number one look for loaded words words that are charged with emotion whether positive or negative can reveal an author's opinion about his or her topic in short emotion can affect one's opinion and we call it emotional bias emotional biases stem from impulse or intuition and tend to result from reasoning influenced by feelings emotional biases are harder to correct for because they are based on feelings which can be difficult to change another way to recognize bias is watch out for stereotypes if the author labels an entire group the writing is probably biased stereotypes are maintained and reinforced by powerful mental biases that filter out information that contradicts or challenges pre-existing beliefs or attitudes people are often biased against others outside of their own social group examples the biases between races they see black people to be more violent and to engage more in crimes than the white people saying that people with tattoos are troublemaker and bad people saying that politicians are all corrupt thinking that people with lighter skin complexion are kinder and more intelligent and more capable than those with darker complexion all filipinos working abroad are domestic helpers who can't afford branded items [Music] notice vague language or generalizations if the author isn't using specific language this could be an indicator of bias example biased educators do not consider each child's particular learning style when developing lessons this sentence does not acknowledge the variation within the population of educators implying that all educators are like this better some educators do not consider each child's particular learning style when developing lessons this sentence acknowledges that there are some educators who do not fall into this category that all educators are not the same [Music] number four be on the lookout for one-sided arguments if the author only presents one side of an argument his or her writing is probably biased biased my daughter texts constantly which shows that teenagers use cell phones more than they did in the past this statement makes an assumption about all teenagers by just basing it on the author's own personal experience while personal experiences are sometimes helpful use them as supporting examples rather than the sole basis for assertions better teenagers use of cell phones specifically for texting has increased 33 in the last two years according to mcdonald 2011. this sentence presents the same assertion but uses specific statistical data to support the idea rather than basing this statement on one teenager's behavior it uses a study that surveyed a larger sample of teenagers number five does the author present facts or opinions facts are what they are the truth but opinions can be based on feelings emotions or prejudices which aren't objective we should clearly identify facts from opinions with a lot of information that are presented to us every day we really have to be careful which to believe or not to believe to avoid being a victim of false facts or fake news you should always check the sources [Music] here are some examples of words that denote bias biased words often are full of emotions awful amazing bad beautiful best better disgusting exciting favorite frightful fun good great handsome horrible miserable more most smart stupid terrible unbelievable ugly very [Music] the following are indicators of biases for you to keep in mind when reading what is the author's point of view on the issue what does the author stand to gain does the author present the other side of the story if yes was the author objective in presenting the other side of the matter one important skill in critical reading is the ability to distinguish the author's bias and prejudice when the author is biased on an issue he or she becomes subjective and presents only one side of the story thus may lead to false impressions or worse inaccurate information an example of bias in writing when i met with mayor abubakar i noticed that he had a grace list a loaded negatively charged word appearance he was unshaven and wearing dirty clothes one-sided notice that the author doesn't tell us why the mayor was dressed this way maybe there was a good reason he spoke to me about his horrible plan to fix our city's roads vague language what specifically is horrible about it anyone who knows the plan will tell you that it will bankrupt our city is this effect or opinion the author offers no supporting evidence the plan to fix our roads mostly benefits friends of the mayor he plans to pay his buddies in the construction business millions of pesos over the next two years i do not want to insult anyone but the mayor is of muslim descent and we all know what reputation they have in this part of the country need i remind you of abu sayyaf this is clearly a stereotype scenario number one you want to watch an upcoming thriller movie and so you read movie reviews online you came across the blog of the famous movie critic cameron panis jr he isn't a fan of vince diesel the start of the movie pandemic revolution because of an incident when vince spilled sauce on cameron's shoes although cameron enjoyed the movie he didn't put on a good review and commented that vince diesel is a lousy actor who just paraded his muscle body note the critic is biased because he didn't like the actor thus the review is not believable scenario number two minchen is interested in buying a new smartphone since it will be needed for his online classes she goes to the all phone store and inquires about the latest a phone series mr barney the manager discourages minchi from buying a phone and stating its limitations and keeps on showing minchin different models of phones menchen finds out that all phone store does not sell a phone series obviously mr barney is biased against phones he doesn't sell in his store [Music] writers should write objectively and inclusively to receive respect and trust from readers as well as to avoid alienating readers to be objective means to write with curiosity rather than having a preset opinion and to engage with research rather than presenting a personal preference [Music] being objective in your writing is a skill that you will develop just like your academic voice though having a passion for your topic makes the writing process easier it is important not to let it take over your draft there are a lot of posts on social media nowadays about who's candidate to vote for presidential and local elections shampre or the press they can't afford to be biased dapat objective sila at reliable no trading badapat news anchor mr atom aruglio on media not being biased but needs to be neutral told that media can be neutral as well because he said truth is never neutral ibig sabihin obama iwasan and media da pardon so did you learn something today if you want more of this video tutorial and learn english in a light speed walk kalimu tang muk subscribe and turn on a notification button updated lessons an english teacher in iwan class dismissed see ya [Music]