Quarter 2

Family Life

Lesson 1:
Courtship, Dating
and Marriage

INTRODUCTION
Family is a very important part of our everyday life. It helps us
in improving our personality. It also helps us in shaping our life.
It teaches us the value of integrity, love and honesty and
provides us with tools necessary for success.
Do you know how your parents met and formed your
family? Were you able to ask them their love story?
Family is considered a place where you can be yourself. It
is a place where you are accepted for what you are. This is
where you are completely tension free and everyone is there
to help you. Family encourages you when you are surrounded
by problems. It helps you survive through tough times and
brings joy and happiness into your life.
Today, most people dont realize the importance of family,
they prefer to spend most of their time with their friends. But
when they are surrounded by problems, it is their family that
helps solve them. At the time when even our best friends
refuse to help us, it is our family that will help us. So it is very
important for each and every individual to give importance to
his/her family above anything else and enjoy spending time
with family members.
Have you imagined yourself going through a process of
dating, courtship, and marriage?
This module is designed for you to identify the
importance of planning marriage in having a successful family
life in the future.

ACTIVITY No. 1
PICTURE
CONNECTIVITY

Picture No. 1

Picture No. 2

Picture No. 3

Questions:
1.) What words can you
form out of these
pictures?
2.) How do these
pictures apply to you?
3.) Why is courtship and
dating important in
choosing a lifetime
partner?

GOOD JOB!

ACTIVITY No. 2
What comes in your mind seeing
the picture below? How does the
picture appeals to you? Does it
bring good or bad feeling? Does it
spell something? Give your
assessment.

Youre doing
good. Keep it
up!

LoveandInfatuationare
both
intense
emotions that one feels for another person.
Thesefeelingsaremostoftenconfusedforeach
otherbymanypeople.Butthetwofeelingsdiffer
in their actuality of love, intensity, and final
outcome.
Infatuation or crush is the state of being
completely carried away by unreasoning
passion or love; addictive love. Infatuation
usually occurs at the beginning of relationships
when sexual attraction is central.Lovecan be
described as a feeling of intense affection for
anotherperson.Itismostoftentalkedaboutas
anemotionbetweentwopersons.

LOVE
vs.
INFATUATION

Attraction is admiration for someone that may include

the desire to get to know that person better. Attraction
usually takes place in the form of infatuation or crush.
Infatuation is admiration for someone while not
recognizing that persons flaws. Crushes usually last
for only a short time, few weeks or maybe a few
months. These feelings are completely normal and are
part of becoming a young adult.
Most people begin to form romantic relationships
based on love. Love is deep affection for someone and
is based on a true desire for the other persons best
interests. In a healthy relationship, the other person
shares and responds with the same kind of love.
Learning to develop, nurture and even deal with the
loss of these relationships are important ways to
prepare for adult relationships.

Activity No. 3

Here are three boxes that needs your

views and shared it to the class.
DEFINITIONS /
MEANINGS /
WORDS THAT YOU
ASSOCIATE WITH
COURTSHIP
___________________
___________________
___________________
___________________
___________________
___________________
__________________

PRACTICES
ASSOCIATED
WITH
COURTSHIP
_______________
_______________
_______________
_______________
_______________
_______________
_______________
_______________
_______________
___

IMPORTANCE OF
COURTSHIP
_________________
_________________
_________________
_________________
_________________
_________________
_________________
_____

Courtship is the period in a couple's relationship

which precedes their engagement and marriage or
it is an establishment of an agreed relationship of a
more enduring kind. During courtship a couple get
to know each other and decide if there will be an
engagement or such agreement. A courtship may
be an informal and private matter between two
people or may be a public affair or a formal
arrangement with family approval.

Ilocos and Tagalog regions

In Ilocos, serenading is known astapat, "to be in front of the
womans house likely the same toharana and also to the
balagtasanof theTagalogs. The suitor begins singing a romantic
song, then the courted lady responds by singing too.
Rooster courtship, a form of courting in Luzon is done
differently. The rooster is assigned to be the "negotiator",
wherein the male chicken is left to stay in the home of the
courted to crow every single morning for the admired lady's
family.
Bulacan
In the province ofBulacaninCentral Luzon, the
Bulaqueoshave a kind of courtship known as thenaninilong
which means serenading from the basement. At midnight, the
suitor
goes beneath thenipa hut, a house that is elevated bybamboo
poles, thenpricklesthe admired woman by using a pointed
object to catch the attention of the sleeping lady, after they
converse in whispers.
Kalinga
The Ifugaos practice a courtship calledca-i-singorebganto
Kalingas and pangisto to Tingguians, where a man and a woman
are separated into "houses". The house for the males is called
Ato, while the house for females is known as
theologoragamang. The man visits the womans house to sing
romantic songs and the woman reply to these songs also through
singing. The courtship ritual is guarded by the elders who inform
the parents of both parties about the progress of the courtship
process.