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English: Quarter 2 - : Composing Multimodal Texts T
English: Quarter 2 - : Composing Multimodal Texts T
English
Quarter 2 – Module 7:
Composing Multimodal
Texts
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English – Grade Ten
Self-Learning Module (SLM)
Quarter 2 – Module 7: Composing Multimodal Texts
First Edition, 2020
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What I Need to Know
Further, in charting the course of your journey in this module, you are
expected to:
a. identify the different modes of communication in composing a text;
b. compose a multimodal text; and
c. appreciate the importance of creating multimodal text
What I Know
It’s our joy to start our new lesson. Before you move further, may I know what
you have learned from your previous lessons by answering the following questions?
Write your answer on the worksheet provided for you.
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4. What do you call a combination of two or more modes of communication in a
text?
a. multimodal c. linguistic
b. modes d. spatial
5. Which of the following texts show textual and visual elements only?
a. Webpage c. live play performance
b. picture book d. both a and b
6. Which of the following show combinations of written language, visual and
spatial modes?
a. graphic novels c. comics
b. posters d. all of these
7. It is integrated and function more than a decoration for a picture, website, and
video game.
a. Sounds c. Words
b. Gestures d. Signs
8. A multimodal text which conveyed through sound, including choices of music
representing different culture, ambient sounds, noises, alerts, silence,
natural/unnatural sounds, and use of volume, beat, tempo, pitch, and
rhythm.
a. Linguistics c. Audio
b. Spatial d. Gestural
9. Emergency alerts is an example of __________
a. Gestural c. Sounds
b. Linguistics d. Spatial
10. The whooshing sound of the wind indicates
a. Typhoon c. Dried Water
b. El Niño d. Electric fan’s air
11. How the brochure is folded and organized is an example of?
a. Visual c. Spatial
b. Linguistic d. Gestural
12. It is probably the most widely used mode, because it can be both read and
heard, on both paper and audio.
a. Visual c. Spatial
b. Linguistic d. Gestural
13. It is about the physical arrangement, organization and proximity of the text.
a. Visual c. Spatial
b. Linguistic d. Gestural
14. This refers to the images and characters that people see.
a. Visual c. Spatial
b. Linguistic d. Gestural
15. A short story is an example of _______?
a. Visual c. Spatial
b. Linguistic d. Gestural
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Lesson
Different Modes of
1 Communication
Language modes listening, speaking, reading, writing, viewing and
representing are interrelated activities used in responding to and composing texts for
meaning-making and that a combination of these modes may involve responding to
or composing print, visual, sound, action and organization of objects in space or
multimedia text.
In this lesson you will know how texts become multimodal where meaning is
communicated through combinations of two or more modes.
What’s In
A picture may thus function as a text itself at the same time the larger
text of the whole context of the space where it is placed. Imagine the picture flash in
the television that strikes you most, you are most likely to talk about the picture that
you have seen while gesticulating or you may be writing about it. In this context,
the picture is use to create multimodal texts. Modes include not only language but
gesture, image, sound and space.
Activity 1.1 Are you familiar with the picture below? Where have you seen this?
Take a look at this Tagxedo image. Answer the questions that follow. Write your
answer in your answer sheet.
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1. What are the ten (10) words that struck you on the Tagxedo image?
2. Can you write a sentence out of the words in the Tagxedo? Write at least
two sentences using the words from the Tagxedo.
3. What do you think is the theme of the Tagxedo?
4. If you can change its font colors, what will it be?
5. If you can change the symbol used in the Tagxedo which is a hand, what
it will be? Why?
Activity 1.2 Ask a family member to do at least two of the activities above. Write
down their responses in your answer sheet.
What’s New
You may have different learning styles compared to your sibling, best friend,
or classmate. Maybe you like to take down notes while your teacher is explaining a
concept; maybe you understand better when you see images, graphs and charts in
line with the concept; perhaps you can recall more the concept if you anchor it with
the latest rap or beat; or possibly you comprehend the concept given when your
teacher initiates an experiment to practice the concept. Otherwise, it is a combination
of these.
Further, the ways in which we communicate with each other in today’s world
are wide ranging. Oftentimes, we are using digital platforms such as Facebook,
Instagram and other Websites which usually the communication is through pictures,
videos and messaging.
Imagine the following digital platforms and how they influenced us.
1. Cocomelon is the first YouTube channel to surpass one (1) billion weekly views
posts animated kid's nursery rhymes. More than 1,600 people watch its videos every
second. It is leading compared to other kid’s nursery rhymes channel like “El Reino
Infantil,” “LooLoo Kids-Nursery Rhymes and Children's Songs,” “BabyBus- Nursery
Rhymes,” “Baby Bum-Nursery Rhymes & Kids Songs,” and “ChuChu TV.”
2. Kapampangan artist Erwin “Weng” Dayrit has impressed the netizens for
creating the portrait of the world’s famous tattoo artist Apo Whang Od went viral and
featured in Kapuso Mo Jessica Soho #kmjs na yan.
What do you think are the reasons of having just great number of views
compared to other channels or how they went viral? How these are organized?
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What is It
The aforementioned videos convey the multimodal elements to the viewers.
Like us readers, we want to see text that includes two or more elements such as:
written language and spoken language [linguistics], visual, audio, gestural, and
spatial.
A text may be defined as multimodal when it combines two or more modes in
various combinations within the same text and where all modes are attended to as
part of meaning-making.
1. Written language and spoken language [linguistics]-this include the
vocabulary, structure, grammar or oral language. Examples are quotes and
speeches.
2. Visual-this is the color, vectors and viewpoint in stable and moving images.
This is common in shot framing, subject distance and angle, camera
movement and subject movement such as a video films, film promotions,
cartoons, advertisements and etc.
3. Audio-this is the music and sound effects such as the volume, pitch and
rhythm. Examples of these are the noises, both ambient and silence.
4. Gestural-the non-verbal expressions such as movement, facial expression
and body language.
5. Spatial-these are the proximity, direction, and organization of objects in space
or environment.
Activity 1.4 From the Tagxedo in Activity 1.1, what mode of communication is
shown in the following:
1. Extracting 10 words that struck you on the Tagxedo image.
2. Composing a sentence out of the words in the Tagxedo.
3. Decoding the theme of the tagxedo.
4. Deciding on the font colors to be used.
5. Selecting a symbol used in the tagxedo.
6. Asking a family member to do the same activity.
What’s More
This time, you will embark on higher level of activity. Let us see how far you
have gone in understanding the different modes of communication.
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Activity 1.5 Identify the mode of communication of the identified features. Write
your answer in your answer sheet.
1. volume of voice 6. grammar or oral/written language
2. organization of objects in space 7. facial expression
3. vocabulary structure 8. viewpoint in moving images
4. rhythm of music 9. position of layout
5. sound effects 10. colors and vectors
I believed you have learned a lot from the very start of our activity. It’s a
pleasure that you will perfectly remember the significant points of your lesson.
What I Can Do
Activity 1.7
Prepare a presentation of your choice (script, dialog, panel discussion, speech,
drawing, poster, info graphic, etc.) combining at least three modes of communication
to interpret ideas, and making solutions about the use of multimodal texts in
resolving conflicts such as respecting people’s differences, listening even we disagree,
putting an end to conflict without violence and suggesting solutions to problems. Use
your answer sheet for your output.
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Lesson
Linguistic, Visual, and Spatial
2 Modes in Communication
Welcome! You are set to discover new lesson on creating multimodal text. This
time, you will be learning some of multimodal element of text such as linguistic,
visual, and spatial.
At the end of this lesson you are expected to:
a. identify linguistic, visual, and spatial elements in composing a text;
b. compose a multimodal text which include linguistic, visual, and spatial
elements; and
c. appreciate the importance of linguistic, visual, and spatial elements of
communication through interpreting a multimodal text.
What’s In
In the previous lesson, you have learned the different multimodal elements of
text. Today, you will learn more about these elements focusing on linguistic, visual,
and spatial. These elements are relevant in making a multimodal text.
What’s New
Let’s look at the info graphic below. Analyze the information and
the overall presentation of this material.
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What Is It
There are five (5) modes of communication such as linguistic,
visual, spatial, audio, and gestural. A combination of two or more of these modes in
a text is called a multimodal. In this lesson, we will just focus on linguistic, visual,
and spatial modes of communication.
• Visual mode - refers to the images and characters that people see. This
mode includes color, layout, style, size, and perspective.
- color, vectors, and viewpoint in still and moving images
What’s More
Activity 2.2 Create an informative text on how to prevent the spread of virus. Write
your answer in your answer sheet.
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What I Have Learned
You have already learned the three (3) out of five (5) multimodal elements of a
text. With this, I believe that you can already identify these elements in a text.
Activity 2.3 Identify the mode of communication (linguistic, visual, spatial) used in
each item. Use your answer sheet for your answer.
1. A speech
2. Moving vehicle
3. Road signs
4. Story telling
5. Layout of a brochure
What I Can Do
I believe that you are ready to use linguistic, visual, and spatial modes of
communication in making a multimodal text.
Activity 2.4 Make a brochure about precautionary measures to prevent the spread
of virus using the three (3) modes such as linguistic, visual, and spatial. (Prepare a
short size bond paper, crayons, or any materials that you can use in making a
brochure.)
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Lesson
Interpreting Audio Signals
3 in a Multimodal Text
Welcome learners to your new lesson in this self-learning module. You are set
to discover new lesson on creating multimodal text. This time you will be learning
the function of audio signals as one element of multimodal text.
What’s In
In the previous lesson, you have identified that a multimodal text combines
two or more modes such as written language, spoken language, visual (still and
moving image), and spatial. Creating multimodal texts involves use of
communication technologies, however multimodal texts can also be paper based,
or live performances.
You have learned and practiced through brochure making presentation
focusing on the precautionary measures in preventing the spread of COVID-19
virus with the combination of multimodal text specifically in the use of linguistics,
visual and spatial.
The combination of these elements in a multimodal text helps us to effectively
understand the meaning making process.
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What’s New
Activity 3.1 Can you make meaning out of the sounds that you have heard? Write
your answer in your answer sheet.
Ex. A crashing automobile. Meaning: accident
1. Mobile police patrolling siren at 10 pm
2. An ambulance rushing in a busy highway
3. The fire truck inside a smoky residential area
4. The Department of Health clap for all front liners
5. The mourning sound inside a medical facility
6. The sounding stomach of a beggar
7. The tearing skirt of a sales lady
8. The exchange of bullets from a firing gun
9. Wild blows of the northern wind
10. The blasting sound in the ocean
What Is It
We hear sounds around us, and these sounds can elicit thoughts, memories,
feelings, and emotions (e.g. a siren signifies danger or emergency).
Today, digital technologies offer students opportunities to communicate messages
through multimodal approaches.
As a student, you can use multiple modes such as sound and images in addition to
words to represent meaning.
One element in a multimodal text is the audio which conveyed through sound,
including choices of music representing different culture, ambient sounds, noises,
alerts, silence, natural/unnatural sounds, and use of volume, beat, tempo, pitch,
and rhythm.
Examples:
1. Sound design in film making such as documentaries and fictional films
2. Video Gaming and websites
3. YouTube videos in all genre
4. Oral storytelling
5. Festival Music
Sound is integrated and function more than a decoration for a picture, website,
and video game.
They often interact with each other, creating a dynamic learning experience of the
learners.
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What’s More
The audio (aural) mode is focused on sound including, but not limited to,
music, sound effects, ambient, silence, tone of voice in spoken language, volume of
sound, emphasis, and accent
An example of an aural mode is a recorded public speech that was delivered orally
to a live audience.
Activity 3.2 Listen carefully to your tone, volume of your sound, voice, emphasis,
and accent as you read a piece from the speech of King George VI Radio Address
1939.
Activity 3.3 Comprehension questions: Write your answers in your answer sheet.
1. What does King George VI mean when you hear the word “grave”?
2. What auditory sound we can hear when there is a war?
3. Can you differentiate through audio, visual, and language the picture of peace
compared to war? Use a Venn diagram for your answers.
4. Why do you think King George VI failed to find peace within ourselves and our
enemies?
5. If you are going to create a picture out of the King’s statement using audio,
visual, and language what will it be?
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What I Have Learned
I believe you have learned a lot from this lesson. It’s a pleasure that you will
perfectly remember the significant points of the lesson.
Activity 3.4 Multiple Choice. Match Column A to Column B. Write your answers in
your answer sheet.
Column A Column B
What I Can Do
Activity 3.5 Create or compose a 2- stanza jingle composition combining the audio
with three or more multimodal elements of a text (modes of communication) that you
have learned from the previous lessons. The topic that you will be using should align
with the situations the Philippines is facing recently. You can choose the genre that
you’re comfortable to use. Write your jingle in your answer sheet.
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Lesson
Gestural Mode of
4 Communication
What is up 21st century learners? Isn’t it great to be a part of this technology-
driven generation? Have you tried different ways to connect with your family or
friends? In this week’s lesson, you will be learning another multimodal element that
will help you in communicating better.
What’s In
What’s New
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Activity 4.1 Have you tried playing or watching a championship basketball game?
What have you observed with the referee every time a player committed a violation
of game rules? What is his way of telling the management on that certain violation?
In the worksheet provided, describe the non-verbal expressions just like the facial
expression or the body language of the referee. Afterwards, explain your description
on the referee’s act in two (2) sentences. Use your answer sheet for your answer.
What is It
How was your experience in explaining the actions of the referee? Was it easy
to understand and interpret? Do you think your descriptions matched with your
answers? In this lesson, you will know that to achieve multimodal literacy, there are
different modes that can be a way for us to communicate and understand each other.
One of them is the gestural mode.
The gestural mode refers to the way movement is interpreted. Facial
expressions, hand gestures, body language, and interaction between people are
all gestural modes. This has always been important in face-to-face conversations and
in theater, but it has become more apparent on the web lately with the wide use of
YouTube and other video players.
Here are some non-verbal movements that you should know to interpret
body language:
1. Facial expressions. The human face is extremely expressive, able to convey
countless emotions without saying a word. And unlike some forms of nonverbal
communication, facial expressions are universal.
2. Body movement and posture. Consider how your perceptions of people are
affected by the way they sit, walk, stand, or hold their head. This type includes your
posture, bearing, stance, and the subtle movements you make.
3. Eye contact. Since the visual sense is dominant for most people, eye contact
is an especially important type of nonverbal communication. The way you look at
someone can communicate many things, including interest, affection, hostility, or
attraction.
4. Touch. We communicate a great deal through touch. Think about the quite
different messages given by a weak handshake, a warm bear hug, a patronizing pat
on the head, or a controlling grip on the arm, for example.
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What’s More
Activity 4.2. Observe the people around your community. Draw or cut out at least
one (1) picture of a person that delivers a certain message through his gestures. Put
the image inside the box on the worksheet provided for you. Then, explain the
meaning of the gesture done on the image you have chosen with at least five (5)
sentences.
Now, it is about time to test what you have learned in this lesson. It would be
great if you can remember the significant points of our discussion.
Activity 4.3 Complete the sentences below by giving appropriate answers based on
what you have learned from the lesson. Use your answer sheet for your answer.
1. A/an ________________________ is a mode of communication that refers to
movement and body language.
2. A/an ________________________ is considered universal and can convey
countless emotions.
3. A/an _________________________ can convey different messages such as a hug,
a handshake, or a grip on the arm.
4. A/an ________________________ refers to the visual sense or the way you look
at someone.
5. Your _______________________________ will be perceived by the way you talk,
walk, sit, stand or hold the head.
What I Can Do
Activity 4.4. Imagine you are a sales person of a cellular phone company and you
need to convince a customer to buy the gadget. Give a brief explanation of the
gestures that you need to express to encourage the costumer. Write an explanation
in five (5) sentences in your answer sheet.
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Assessment
Directions: Read the following questions and write the letter of the correct answer
in the answer sheet.
______1. What multimodal element can elicit thoughts, memories, feelings, and
emotions?
a. Gestural c. Linguistics
b. Spatial d. Audio (Aural)
______2. Multimodal texts include the following, EXCEPT _________.
a. spatial, verbal, gestural
b. visual, gestural, linguistic
c. linguistic, spatial, visual
d. audio, visual, temporal
______3. A multimodal text is created for _________.
a. studying signs
b. studying symbols
c. studying how meaning is created
d. none of the above
______4. Below are examples of simple multimodal texts, EXCEPT one _______.
a. graphic novels c. live action films
b. picture books d. brochures
______5. Video Gaming and websites, YouTube videos in all genres, and oral
storytelling are examples of a multimodal elements combining
a. Aural (audio) and visual c. Linguistic only
b. Gestural and linguistics d. Both a and b
______6. This type includes your posture, bearing, stance, and the subtle movements
you make.
a. facial expressions c. eye contact
b. body movement and posture d. touch
______7. This refers to the way movement is interpreted.
a. gestural c. linguistics
b. spatial d. audio
______8. King George VI Radio Address 1939 is an example of
a. gestural c. linguistics
b. spatial d. audio
______9. Since the visual sense is dominant for most people, _________ is an especially
important type of nonverbal communication.
a. facial expressions c. eye contact
b. body movement and posture d. touch
______10. A recorded public speech that was delivered orally to a live audience is an
example of what mode of communication?
a. gestural c. linguistics
b. spatial d. audio (aural)
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______11. It was a hair-raising place. What genre is this text?
a. horror film c. romantic comedy
b. photojournalism d. fashion photography
______12. The lion roared as it chased its prey. In this text roared is used to _____?
a. to create great visuals for the reader.
b. to add emotion to the characters.
c. to create facial features.
d. to create sound effects for the reader.
______13. What are the benefits of info graphic?
a. It breaks down information into smaller chunks.
b. It’s easier to read.
c. It makes information easier to understand.
d. All these answers are correct.
______14. How do people interact with texts?
a. read and speak c. compose
b. listen and view d. both a and b
______15. Why Aural (audio) is important in a multimodal text?
a. It creates a dynamic learning experience to the leaners.
b. It develops the thoughts, memories, feelings, and emotions of the learners.
c. It breaks the silence.
d. Both a and b
Additional Activities
Congratulations 21st Century learner! I know you are eager to learn that’s why
we are happy to share significant information that you may use in everyday life. For
your additional activity, choose one from the lists below and make a collage on how
to resolve a conflict. Cut out pictures and label it or it depends on your idea on how
you will complete your conflict resolution collage.
2. How can you resolve conflict between your fear of pandemic and your desire to
finish your schooling?
You are a proof that great things come to those who are willing to learn, relearn
and unlearn. I look forward to seeing you doing great things even more.
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Answer Key
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EDITOR’S NOTE
This Self-learning Module (SLM) was developed by DepEd
SOCCSKSARGEN with the primary objective of preparing for and
addressing the new normal. Contents of this module were based on
DepEd’s Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELC). This is a
supplementary material to be used by all learners of Region in all public
schools beginning SY 2020-2021. The process of LR development was
observed in the production of this module. This is Version 1.0. We
highly encourage feedback, comment, and recommendations.
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