Lesson 2: Multimodal
Texts
Do you agree?
We humans communicate or express
information using a variety of ways.
Humans communicate or express
information in a variety of ways or
modes.
Words Images Sounds Gestures Space
letters Pictures Tone of Movements of Proximity
phrases Drawings voice the body and distance
sentences Color
Facial
Animation Background
expressions Direction or
Visual data music or location
soundtrack
like charts, Sign language
graphs size
A text that combines two or more
modes of communication is called a
multi-modal text.
Multi-modal texts can be printed,
digital, or performed live in front of
an audience.
Study the sample multimodal text.
What can you say about combining
modes from the sample?
The different modes of
communication work together in a
multimodal text. The pictures help the
readers to better understand how the
symbols explained using words look
like.
Also, notice how the eagle is the
biggest image in the text. It is due to
the fact that the eagle is the most
recognizable among the symbols of
the US-the topic of the text.
Trio Work
On a ½ crosswise, complete the table with real-life examples of multi-modal
text.
printed digital performed live