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Judging Evidence Validity: English Module

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English
Quarter 3 - Module 4
Judging the Validity
of the Evidence
Listened to
A. Directions: Identify which of the
following statements are correct. Put
a like sign ( thumb’s up ) for true
statements, and unlike sign (thumb’s
down ) for false statements.
Sources of
information can
be found
anywhere.
A valid source of
evidence lacks
credibility and
reliability.
Evidences are
factual information that
helps the reader reach a
conclusion and form an
opinion about something.
Critical listening is
needed to identify
valid evidences.
Evidences are limited
to information you
only hear from
experts.
Fact-checking after
listening to a news
report, speech, or
debate may lead
tomisinformation.
Bulacan Gov endorses 'green'
technology for Bustos Dam
By Manny Balbin
July 30, 2020, 4:50 pm
BUSTOS, Bulacan – Governor Daniel R.
Fernando has endorsed to the National
Irrigation Authority (NIA) the potential use of
"green"
or
environmentally
sustainable
technologies that would enhance the capacity
of Bustos Dam, similar to those used in
developed countries, where dams are built to
last for a hundred years and more.
This was disclosed by the governor following
his monitoring and inspection of the installation
of the coffer dam using steel sheets and sand
bags, the remedial measure undertaken by the
contractor on the rubber gate at Bay 5 of
Bustos Dam located in Barangay Tibagan,
Bustos town, this province on Thursday
morning.
"Ang mahalaga kasi dito mapabuti ang sitwasyon
ng Bustos Dam para hindi makaapekto sa mga tao,
sa mga Bulakenyo. Binibigyan po natin ito ng
pagsubaybay. Gusto kong bigyan ng positibong
pananaw ang mga tao na ‘wag silang matakot,
gusto ko silang bigyan ng assurance through
sustained action and monitoring na tayo ay
nakabantay sa kanilang kaligtasan sa lahat ng
sandali.” (What is important here is for the Bustos
Dam to be in good condition so that it will not
cause fear to the people, to the Bulakenyos.
We are monitoring this. I want to give the
people a positive perspective that they
should not be afraid. I want to give them
assurance through sustained action and
monitoring, that we are on guard of their
safety at all times)," he said in a media
interview.
Fernando said even if only one of the six
rubber gates collapsed, he is consistently
coordinating with NIA and pushing for the
rehabilitation of all the rubber bladders
using quality materials, which the
provincial government of Bulacan, the
NIA, and the contractor have agreed to.
NIA’s Design and Specifications Division, for its
part, expressed gratitude for the governor’s
initiative in considering new technologies to
ensure that dam construction and repairs meet
the
stringent
requirements
of
safety.
Two years after its rehabilitation, the rubber
gate on Bay 5 of Bustos Dam collapsed on the
first week of May this year.
The provincial government, in close coordination with
NIA and other concerned agencies, immediately
implemented
remedial
measures
but
actual
replacement of rubber gate No. 5 will be in November
or
December
of
this
year.
Meanwhile, Liz Mungcal, chief of the Provincial
Disaster
Risk
Reduction
Management
Office
(PDRRMO), said the water elevation of Angat Dam is
slowly sliding down towards its minimum operating
level of 180 meters.
PDRRMO data showed that as of 8 a.m. on
Thursday, the water level of Angat Dam was
at
180.94
meters.
On the other hand, Bustos Dam, which is
located downstream of Angat Dam, had
reached its spilling level of 17.34 meters
during the past several days but was
monitored at 17.14 meters on Thursday
morning.
Previously, the spilling level of Bustos Dam was
half-a-meter higher but when its Rubber Gate
No. 5 collapsed on May 5 and rehabilitations
works were implemented, its spilling level was
lowered to the 17-meter mark to lessen the
water tension on the other five rubber gates.
(PNA)
Source: Philippine News Agency
1. What is the article
all about?
2. What is the source
of the article?
3. What facts about the Bustos
Dam and the
Bulacan Provincial
Government were mentioned?
4. Will you consider
this news accurate?
Why?
5. How significant are the
presented information to you?
Judging the
Validity of
the
Evidence
Listened to
Distinguishing Primary
and Secondary Sources
During the transfer of information whether thru reading or
listening, determining primary and secondary sources is
very important. This will help us analyze better the
information that we read or hear. In addition, it will help us
decide whether we will be persuaded or form an argument
for or against what we read or heard.
What is a primary
source?
Primary sources provide a first-hand account or
evidence of an event, time, object, person or
even work of art and are considered
authoritative. They represent original thinking,
reports on discoveries or events, or they can share
new information.
What is a primary
source?
Primary sources can be written or nonwritten (sound, pictures, artifacts, etc.)
as long as they provide raw information
and first-hand evidence.
What is a primary
source?
In exploring how an event affected people at a certain time,
newspaper editorial/opinion pieces are considered a primary
source. A scientific research, present original thinking, report
on discoveries, or share new information and can therefore be
used
as a primary source. Autobiographies, diaries,
personal letters, and correspondence were written by
people with firsthand experience of an event and are very
good samples of primary sources.
What is a
secondary
source?
What is a secondary
source?
Secondary
sources
offer
an
analysis,
interpretation or a restatement of primary
sources and are considered to be persuasive.
They often involve generalization, synthesis,
interpretation, commentary or evaluation to
convince the reader of the creator's argument.
What is a secondary
source?
On occasion, secondary sources will collect,
organize, and repackage primary source
information to increase usability and speed of
delivery, such as an online encyclopedia. Like
primary sources, secondary materials can be
written or non-written (sound, pictures, movies,
etc.).
Primary and secondary categories are
often not fixed and depend on the
topic or purpose of the speech or
essay you are undertaking. For
example, newspaper editorial/opinion
pieces can be both primary and
secondary.
A secondary source can become a
primary source depending on the
purpose. If the person, context, or
technique that produced the source is
the focus, it becomes a primary
source.
Look at these examples:
If you are talking about the causes of World War II,
a recent documentary about the war is a secondary
source. But if you are talking about the filmmaking
techniques used in historical documentaries, the
documentary is a primary source.
If your aim is to analyze the government’s
economic policy, a newspaper article about a
new policy is a secondary source. But if your aim
is to analyze media coverage of economic
issues, the newspaper article is a primary
source.
Primary vs Secondary Sources: Which is
better?
Persuasive essays and argumentative essays even
speeches to persuade argue or inform use primary
and secondary sources. They complement each
other to help you build a convincing argument or to
prove a point. Primary sources are more credible as
evidence, but secondary sources show how your
argument relates to existing facts.
Keep in mind that all primary and
secondary sources must be
correctly cited to avoid plagiarism.
THANK YOU
FOR
LISTENING!!
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