VISUAL

SYMBOLS

VISUAL SYMBOLS
Visual Symbols are
representations of
direct reality,
which comes in the
form of signs and
symbols.

RULES OF THUMBS IN USING

VISUALS:
1.Visuals must be directly
relevant to the audio
content.
2.Redundancy between
visuals and audio must be
avoided. If words are
displayed viewers must be
given time to read it.

RULES OF THUMBS IN USING

VISUALS:
3.Visual displays should be big
enough to be seen by the farthest
pupil.
4.Visual displays must be attractive.
5.Visual displays must be
aesthetically presented to maintain
good taste.

DIFFERENT KIND OF
VISUAL SYMBOLS:
1.Cartoons
2.Posters
3.Drawings and Sketches
4.Diagram
5.Charts
6.Graphs
7.Strip Drawing or Comic

CARTOONS
It is a pictorial representation
or caricature of a person, idea,
situation or issue that designed
to influenced public opinion. It
tell stories metaphorically
through pictures, which need no
captions.

CARTOONS

POSTERS
It is a combination of
bold designs and color
primarily intended to
catch attention on a
significant fact, idea or
message.

POSTERS

DRAWINGS AND
SKETCHES
These are crude and simple
lines, which is effective
in showing what the needs
to be shown with sufficient
clarity, to make the
meaning vivid to learners
or students.

DRAWINGS AND
SKETCHES

DIAGRAMS

Diagrams are simplified

drawings designed to show
interrelationship
primarily by means of
lines and symbols. It is
used to explain rather
than to represent.

DIAGRAMS

CHARTS
These are graphic or
pictorial representations
of a large mass of
information or show
progression thru time and
space of people or
events, ideas and
objects.

CHARTS

GRAPHS
It presents quantitative
data for easier analysis and
interpretation. It shows
comparative relationship of
data involved in size,
trends and growth and it is
used in developing and
summarizing a unit.

GRAPHS

STRIP OF DRAWING OR COMICS

STRIP
They are effective in
instruction not only
because they are simple,
clear and easy to read but
because they deal with
material that has been
made personal.

STRIP OF DRAWING OR COMICS

STRIP

MAPS
Maps are usually shown on
flat surfaces and are used
to represent the surface of
the earth or some part of
it, showing the relative
size and position according
to scale or projection and
position presented.

MAPS