Language and Philosophy

Communication consists of five elements: The sender The receiver The message The channel The feedback The Sender The Sender is perhaps the most important among the elements because he/she initiates the whole communication process. Now to communicate effectively, the Sender must have the ability to use well the language the receiver understands. Moreover, he/she should know how to deliver his/her message properly. Proper delivery includes good voice projection, the use of appropriate eye contact, proper articulation of words, and proper intonation, and emphasis on important words. Take note that people will likely reject a message if the sender doesn’t know how to communicate properly or is unreliable. The Receiver For communication to be effective, the Receiver must have good listening and comprehension skills. Good listening requires one to focus on what is conveyed and as much as possible eliminate all possible distractions or noises (i.e., physical, environmental, psychological, emo...

What is Communication? Communication is a natural activity done by human beings.  It is the human act of sending (verbal or nonverbal; online or offline) and receiving messages during which interpretations are normally constructed. What is Purposive Communication? Purposive Communication is an intentional communication that happens within the bounds of specific contexts.  It is about writing, speaking, and presenting to different audiences and for various purposes. These contexts include: Settings or environment (such as family, school, workplace, religious communities) Social relations (friends, husband and wife, parent and child, colleagues/boss, subordinate in the office) Scenes which include place, time and occasion (business meeting, job interview, social gathering—parties, weddings, etc.) Culture (history, tradition, beliefs, norms, values, etc.) Take note that contexts are vital considerations in communicating, since they significantly affect the process of sending and ...

This blog post is a transcript of our YouTube video How to Write a Lesson Plan – The 3Is Format . They say that inside the classroom the teacher is the captain of the ship. As captain, he/she should have a map to help lead his/her passengers—the students—to their destination safely and surely. In other words, a teacher must have a Lesson Plan in order to make sure that the students learn the lessons. But how does a teacher make a lesson plan? Hello, dear teachers and teachers-to-be! In this 3-part video series, we will discuss how to write a lesson plan using the different lesson plan formats. In this first video, we will write the Objectives , Subject Matter and Procedure of the lesson plan using the 3Is format . In the second video, using the same Objectives and Subject Matter, we will be following the 4As format for the Procedure instead of the 3Is. While in the third video, we will be applying the 5Es format and end by writing the lesson plan’s Evaluation and Assignment . Overwh...

This blog post is a transcript of our YouTube video H ow to Write a Lesson Plan – The 4As Format . Hello, everyone! In this video, we will discuss another lesson plan format widely used by teachers—the 4As, or Activity, Analysis, Abstraction, and Application. This video is already the second part of our Lesson Plan series. If you haven’t watched the first part yet, we recommend you watch it first:  How to Write a Lesson Plan – The 3Is Format There, we discussed the most basic and the simplest lesson plan format every teacher and teacher-to-be should know—the 3Is, or Introduction, Interaction, and Integration. Now to see how the 4As format works, we’ll be using the same Objectives and Subject Matter from our 3Is lesson plan video. Let’s have a quick recap of these parts first before we proceed. I. Objectives At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to: construct questions answerable by yes/no, and transform sentences into questions answerable by yes/no II. Subject Matter...

The term “nihilism” comes from the Latin “ nihil ”, which means nothing or that which does not exist. It was first used by the German philosopher Friedrich Jacobi (1743- 1819) during the early 19th century to negatively describe Immanuel Kant ’s philosophical system. However, it only became popularized after its appearance in Ivan Turgenev ’s (1818-1883) 1862 novel Fathers and Sons , where it was used to describe Bazarov’s philosophy that rejects traditional values, norms, and authority in favor of scientific materialism and social change. Nihilism is the belief that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated. It is often associated with radical skepticism and an extreme pessimism that condemns existence. The 4 Types of Nihilism Nihilism can be understood in at least four ways: Epistemological nihilism which denies the possibility of knowledge and truth. Moral nihilism which rejects the possibility of absolute moral values; it argues that good and evil are...