LESSON 4

Regist
and

OF SPOKEN AND WRITTEN LANGUAGE

SPOKEN
MODE
Is often associated with everyday
registers

On the other hand, this is strongly

associated with academic registers.

WRITTEN
MODE
MODES OF
COMMUNICATION
1.SPOKEN AND WRITTEN
MODES
2.IMAGES
3.MUSIC
4.VIDEOS
5.GESTURES
 NATURES OF
LANGUAGE VARIATION
1.Language varies when communicating
with people within (local) and outside
(global) our community.
2.Language varies in speaking and in writing.
3.Language varies in everyday and
specialized discourses.
 LOCAL EVERYDAY LOCAL EVERYDAY ORAL

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WRITTEN
Includes posters,
announcements, warnings
that can be found within
the neighborhood.
Includes FORMAL and
INFORMAL everyday
communication with
people among
neighborhoods.

This first four domains include language variations that reflects local
usage done in one local language or multiple local languages depending
on the context.

LOCAL SPECIALIZED LOCAL SPECIALIZED

WRITTEN
Includes write-ups that
are published in your
local newspaper, social
media page or websites.
ORAL
Includes FORMAL and
INFORMAL SPECIFIC
communication with people
among neighborhoods
 GLOBAL EVERYDAY GLOBAL EVERYDAY

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WRITTEN ORAL
AVOIDS LOCAL This includes interaction
QOLLOQUIALISMS for the of people from different
accessibility of wider countries. Examples are
audience. Can be found in long-distance relationship.
international websites.

THESE LAST FOUR DOMAINS INVOLVE GLOBAL USAGE

GLOBAL SPECIALIZED GLOBAL SPECIALIZED

WRITTEN ORAL
Expands to as many This includes interaction of
readers internationally, people from different
such as research countries. Examples are
journals. assemblies between
leader’s of the countries.
 LESSON 5:
Evaluating messages
and/or Images of
different types of
texts reflecting
different cultures
 ANALYZE CAREFULLY

GROUP
ACTIVITY
AFTER ANALYZING THE PICTURE YOU CAN SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS
WITH YOUR GROUPMATES THROUGH BRAINSTORING.
KEY CONCEPTS OF
MEDIA LITERACY
CENTER FOR MEDIA LITERACY, 2005
 ANALYZE CAREFULLY

GROUP
ACTIVITY
ANALYZE THIS SAME ADVERTISEMENT, USING THE KEY
CONCEPTS OF MEDIA LITERACY.
THANK YOU FOR
LISTENING!