G4 - Social Literacy

SOCial Literacy and
Social Skills
Group 4
Social Literacy entails the development of
social skills, knowledge, and positive human
values toward desire and ability in human
beings to act and react posItively and
responsibly in a wide range of complex social
setting. It can be acquired through social
process of inquiry, values exploration and
social decision-making that relate to
acquisition of knowledge and understanding.
SOCIAL LITERACY
In school, social literacy can
be demonstrated by teachers
in dealing with their superiors,
collegues, parents, students
and others, while for students,
by way of interaction and
interrelation with the
surroundings around them.
social skills
Social skills are part of social
literacy. As such, they serve as
an essential component of
social functioning. It entails
using proper etiquette, talking
effectively with others, being
sensitive to others' feelings,
and expressing particular
needs.
SOCIAL SKILLS
Social skills are also
important in schools because
they help build, maintain and
grow relationships of students
with classmates, peers,
teachers, students, and
others, while for teachers, with
their superiors, collegues,
parents, and students.
These can be attained
through:
1. gaining ideas, information, techniques, and perspectives
from people with different areas of expertise;
2. providing their own perspective for the benefit of others;
3. accomplishing tasks and working together toward
shared goal;
4. providing mutual support for difficult situations;
5. expanding network to learn about and pursue new
opportunities;
6. gaining feedback and refferals from people who can
personally attest to work, skills and qualities;
7. and making the school truly a healthy and conducive
learning environment.
TYPES OF SOCIAL SKILLS
Effective Communication
Ability to communicate
effectively and share thoughts
Conflict Resolution
Get to the source of the
problem and find a workable
solution
Empathy & Active Listening
It involves understanding and
paying attention to what
someone says.
relationship management
It is the ability to maintain

relationships and establish
key connections with school
stakeholders, as well as
student development
respect
It can be done to accomplish

this by understanding when to
initiate communication and
when to respond during
conversations, as well as
during heated arguments and
confrontation.
Problem Solving Skills
This includes seeking advice,
making effective decisions,
and accepting consequences
in order to find a better
solution to the problem.
Interpersonal Skills
This includes the ability to share,
participate in activities, ask for
permission, and wait one's turn
in all aspects of schooling
Improving
Social Skills
Maintaining Eye Contact
Using Proper Body Language
Knowing the difference between being
assertive and aggressive.
Selecting effective communication channel.
Being Flexible
Accepting criticism without being defensive.
Remaining positive at all times.
Being teachable
Behave as a social person.
Start small if necessary.
Ask open-ended questions.
Encourage to talk about themaselves.
Create goals for yourself.
Offer generous compliments.
IMPACT OF SOCIAL SKILLS
BETTER RELATIONSHIP
BETTER COMMUNICATION
GREATER EFFICIENCY
ADVANCED CAREER PROSPECTS
INCREASED OVERALL HAPPINESS
Emotional Intelligence (EQ)
can bring about maintaining a healthy and

purposeful relationship with others that may best
depict a socially literate person.
Goleman (1996) defines Emotional Intelligence (EQ) as the
ability to:
(1) recognize, understand and manage own emotions; and
(2) recognize, understand and influence the emotions of
others.
It is being aware that emotions can drive behavior and impact people
(positively and negatively), and learning how to manage those emotions,
both one's own and others' when under pressure, especially in times of:
(1) giving and receiving feedback;

(2) meeting tight deadlines;
(3) dealing with challenging relationships;
(4) not having enough resources;
(5) dealing with change; and
(6) experiencing setbacks and failure.
13 Strategies for
enhancing emotional
intelligence
1. Think about feelings
☆Be sensitive to other's
feelings to come up
with a right manner of
approach or appropriate
response
2. Pause
☆ take a moment to stop and
think before doing anything.
3. Strive to control one's thought
☆ control the reactions
to emotions by focusing
on one's thought in
harmony with goals and
values.
4.Benefit from Criticism
☆open your mind, focus on the
constructive aspects, and use it
as a tool for personal and
professional growth.
5. Show authenticity
☆Show respect for others'
opinions, values, and boundaries.
Authenticity involves treating
others with kindness and
consideration.
6. Demonstrate empathy
☆ understand the thoughtsand
feelings of others to establish
connection with them.
7. Praise others
☆ acknowledging and
appreciating others
toward attaining self-
fulfillment and building
trust
8. Give helpful feedback
☆ Acknowledge strengths and
positive aspects while also
providing constructive criticism for
areas of improvement. A balanced
approach encourages growth
without demotivating the
individual.
9. Apologize
☆Saying sorry demonstrates
humility, a quality that will
naturally win others as you value
the relationship more than the
ego.
10. Forgive and forget
☆ move forward and focus
on the present moment
and the future. It allows you
to break free from the past
and create a positive path
ahead.
11. Keep out commitments
☆ The habit of keeping one's
word in things, either big or
small, develops a strong
reputation for reliability and
trustworthiness
12. Help others
☆ fosters a sense of community
and connection. It brings people
together, strengthens
relationships, and creates a
supportive network where
individuals can rely on each
other.
13. Protect ourselves from emotional
sabotage
☆ being wise enough in
protecting when others
attempt to manipulate our
emotions for personal sake.
Recommended Tools in
Enhancing Emotional
Intelligence
Enhancing Emotional
Intelligence
1. Emotional Literacy Workshop.

This will help teachers to
communicate with students, recognize
and manage emotions and increase
self-awareness.
Enhancing Emotional
Intelligence
2. Emotional Literacy Museum.

It is experience a self-directed
learning emotional regulation, and
emotional literacy that teaches about
the physiology of emotions.
Enhancing Emotional
Intelligence
3. Mixed Emotions Cards.

It is a beautiful deck of "tarot-like"
cards of feelings (labeled with
feelings and synonyms).
Enhancing Emotional
Intelligence
4. eMotion Cards.
It is an evocative, playful moon
face illustration of emotions
(open-ended without labels).
Enhancing Emotional
Intelligence
5. Biodots.
It is a simple reminder that
emotions are part of our
physiology.
Enhancing Emotional
Intelligence
6. Bingo Emotions.
It is typically a classic "bingo" game
played with emotions.
Enhancing Emotional
Intelligence
7. Feeling Faces.
These are photos of real
people and data about how
survey respondents
evaluated each picture.
Enhancing Emotional
Intelligence
8. Six Seconds Emotional

Intelligence Assessment.
It provides feedback about the
way one uses EQ and how to
improve in this area.
Enhancing Emotional
Intelligence
9. The Zoo: Animal Workshop.

It is an activity that intends to
imitate an animal behavior and
gesture that ends with reflections
and group sharing.
Enhancing Emotional
Intelligence
10. Face Workshop.

It is an activity, in which partners
face each other while showing
different facial expressions and
qualities that ends with reflections.
Enhancing Emotional
Intelligence
11. The Machine Transformer.

They have to transform into an
assigned machine or vehicle, of
which each member shall comprise
different parts, deemed essentials
and equally important that usually
ends up with interactions and
reflections.
Enhancing Emotional
Intelligence
12. Tower Building.
Groups will be tasked to build a
tower using pop sticks and straws.
The goal is to make the tallest and
strongest tower of all. This will end
up with interactions, sharing, open
forums and patching of emotional
barriers.
Enhancing Emotional
Intelligence
13. Build Me a House.
The participants in groups will be tasked to
build a house using any available material
around them. The goal is to make the
strongest house. Then, the facilitator will
suddenly destroy the house made by the
group and observe the members' emotions
and reactions and let them express their
feelings and thoughts.
Enhancing Emotional
Intelligence
14. Internalization Activity.

This is an activity that helps
participants to reflect on the
narrations of the facilitator with a
background music in a dim and
candle lighted room.
Enhancing Emotional
Intelligence
15. Mirroring and Unmasking Activity.

Each participant shall prepare a piece of
paper and put it at his/her back. In a
circular formation, everyone has to write
that person's negative attitude on that
paper. Everyone will be given time to see
those feedbacks and reflect on them while
they are also given a chance to express
themselves.
10 Characteristics of an
Emotionally IntelligenT
people Person
people Person
1. EMPaTHY.
Empathy is the capacity to
understand or feel what another
person is experiencing from within
their frame of reference.
Greater good science center in UC Berkeley laid down two different
types of empathy, namely:
(a) Affective empathy - refers to the sensations and feelings
that one gets in response to others’ emotions including
mirroring what that person is feeling, or just feeling stressed
when he/she detects another’s person fear or anxiety;
(b) Cognitive empathy (sometimes called “perspective-taking”)

- refers to one’s ability to identify and understand other
people’s emotions.
people Person
2. Self-awareness.
It is the art of understanding one’s
self, recognizing the stimuli that
he/she faces and preparing how to
manage him/herself, both in a
proactive and reactive manner.
people Person
3. Curiosity.
It is one’s willingness to learn and
improve. When one is curious,
he/she is passionate and therefore,
he/she is driven to desire to be at
his/her best.
people Person
4. Analytical mind.
Conquer their shyness, avoid
awkwardness
people Person
5. Beliefs.
It is the power of believing in
oneself, both at present and the
future. It is a matter of affirming
that people and things in one’s life
happen for a reason and that
everything will ultimately turn out
to be good.
people Person
6. Need and wants.

It is something to discern between
things that one needs versus things
that he/shenjust wants and
establishing needs prior to fulfilling
wants.
people Person
7. Passion.
It is the natural desire, instinct,
drive, ambition and motivated love
for a subject or someone. More so,
it brings positive energy that helps
sustain one to keep going.
people Person
8. Optimism.
It is about maintaining a positive
attitude that may increase one’s
opportunities, improve
relationships and think clearly and
constructively
people Person
9. Adaptability.
It is an important recognition and
the ability to make or remake
decisions in one’s best interest. It is
also determining when to continue
his/her course, or when is the time
for a change.
people Person
10. Desire to help

others succeed.
It is becoming interested and
appreciative of the success and
achievement of others
PEOPLE
SKILLS
According to wikipedia, people skills are
patterns of behavior and behavioral
interactions.
For Thompson (2009), this is an area of
exploration about how a person behaves
and how he/she is perceived irrespective
of his/her thinking and feeling.
Honey (2001) defines it as the dynamics
between personal ecology (cognitive,
affective, physical and spiritual
dimensions) and its function with other
people's personality styles in numerous
environments (life events, institutions,
and challenges).
On the other hand, people skills
are tools to communicate and
interact effectively with others.
Therefore, individuals with strong
people skills are able to predict
behavior, relate to others and
socialize easily.
Moreover, people skills are
the ability to accept,
appreciate and admire
others on a personal or
professional level.
Educational Impact of People Skills.
People skills are imporant for

teachers in effective classroom
management. Knowing how to
communicate and teach people
instead of simply teaching their
subjects will help make a difference
in the classroom (Bolton, 2009).
Accordingly, almost 50 percent of
classroom success lies on effective
interpersonal relationships, while the
other 50 percent lies within
academic skills (Boyle, 2011).
P E O P L E
S K I L L
“PEOPLE SKILLS” What is it?
Three sets of abilities:

1. Personal effectiveness
2. Interaction ability
3. Intercede easily
“PEOPLE SKILLS” What is it?
1. Ability to effectively communicate,
understand and empathize
2. Ability to interact with others respectfully

and develop productive working relationship
to minimize conflict and maximize rapport
3. Ability to build sincerity and trust,

moderate behaviors (less impulsive) and
enhance aggreableness
“PEOPLE SKILLS” Educational impact
When one has strong people skills,

he/she is able to:
(1) pitch him/herself;

(2) overcome social anxiety;
(3) communicate ideas; and
(4) influence others positively
“Strategies in Obtaining
Good People Skills”
Good
communication
skills.
Conflict
resolution
skills.
The value
of patience.
Tolerance and
understanding.
5 A's to improve people skills
(1) Acceptance
(2) Appreciation
(3) Approval
(4) Admiration
(5) Attention
“Ten Essential People Skills
to Succeed”
1. BEING SOCIALLY ASSERTIVE.

Essential for conserving social
energy in the right ways.
to Succeed”
2. Crafting a memorable
presence
Extremely good at rapport
building.
Attract others
Well-remembered and likable
to Succeed”
3. Mastering communication
Getting one's message across
to Succeed”
4. Sustaining lasting
confidence
Conquer their shyness, avoid
awkwardness
to Succeed”
5. Being an excellent
conversationalist
Conversationalists are people
whom others may be fond of
listening to and discussing with.
Most interactions happen
in three levels:
(1) The first 5 minutes

(2) The first 5 hours
(3) The first 5 days
to Succeed”
6. Being highly likable

Likability is an important facet of
trust
to Succeed”
7. Being exceptional at
decoding emotions.
Exceptionally strong at knowing
how others think and feel.
to Succeed”
8. Pitching ideas.
When one is asked for his/her
opinion and in introducing
himself/herself.
to Succeed”
9. Being charismatic.
Warmth and competence.
to Succeed”
10. Being an
influential leader.
In both personal, social and
professional life are able to gain
camaraderie.

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SOCial Literacy and

It is the ability to maintain

It can be done to accomplish

can bring about maintaining a healthy and

(1) giving and receiving feedback;

1. Emotional Literacy Workshop.

2. Emotional Literacy Museum.

3. Mixed Emotions Cards.

8. Six Seconds Emotional

9. The Zoo: Animal Workshop.

10. Face Workshop.

11. The Machine Transformer.

14. Internalization Activity.

15. Mirroring and Unmasking Activity.

(b) Cognitive empathy (sometimes called “perspective-taking”)

6. Need and wants.

10. Desire to help

People skills are imporant for

Three sets of abilities:

2. Ability to interact with others respectfully

3. Ability to build sincerity and trust,

When one has strong people skills,

(1) pitch him/herself;

1. BEING SOCIALLY ASSERTIVE.

(1) The first 5 minutes

6. Being highly likable

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