Chapter Name: Identify and respond to manipulative use of language
Description:Helps recognize bias, propaganda, and manipulation in spoken or signed messages.
Purpuse:To foster critical thinking and enable assertive responses to communication.
Rational:Prepares entrepreneurs to handle negotiations and conflicts ethically and intelligently.
Chapter Assessment
Scope of Practical Skill
Key Requirement 1: Identify and respond to manipulative use of language
Learners are expected to recognize and critically assess instances of persuasive or manipulative language, responding appropriately to maintain ethical communication standards.
Assessment Questions
Assessment 1 : Facts and opinions are identified and distinguished.
Facts and opinions should be identified and clearly distinguished in discussions or written texts.
Assessment 2 : Omission of necessary information is noted and addressed.
Recognize and address situations where key information has been omitted or selectively presented.
Assessment 3 : The implications of how the choice of language structures and features, specifically tone, register, style and point of view affect audience interpretations of spoken/signed texts are explained.
Explain how language features, such as tone, style, or perspective, influence audience interpretations.
Assessment 4 : Distortion of a contributor's position on a given issue is explored with specific reference to what has been selected and omitted.
Identify and explore distortions in a contributor's position based on selection or omission of material.