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English – Grade 9
Quarter 1 – Module 10- Employing the Appropriate Communicative Styles for Various
Situations (Frozen Style)
First Edition, 2020

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Development Team of the Module

Writer: ELESIO F. CARAS JR.
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Reviewer/s: EPS Nancy J. Alaska
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Introductory Message
For the facilitator:

Welcome to the English 9 Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) Module on

Employing the appropriate Communicative Styles for Various Situations (Frozen
Style)
This module was collaboratively designed, developed and reviewed by
educators both from public and private institutions to assist you, the teacher
or facilitator in helping the learners meet the standards set by the K to 12
Curriculum while overcoming their personal, social, and economic
constraints in schooling.

This learning resource hopes to engage the learners into guided and
independent learning activities at their own pace and time. Furthermore, this
also aims to help learners acquire the needed 21st century skills while taking
into consideration their needs and circumstances.

As a facilitator, you are expected to orient the learners on how to use

this module. You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while
allowing them to manage their own learning. Furthermore, you are expected
to encourage and assist the learners as they do the tasks included in the
module.

For the learner:

Welcome to the English 9 Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) Module on

Employing the appropriate Communicative Styles for Various Situations (Frozen
Style)

This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful
opportunities for guided and independent learning at your own pace and time.
You will be enabled to process the contents of the learning resource while
being an active learner.

This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

What I Need to This will give you an idea of the skills or

Know competencies you are expected to learn in
the module.

What I Know This part includes an activity that aims to

check what you already know about the
lesson to take. If you get all the answers

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this module.

What’s In This is a brief drill or review to help you

link the current lesson with the previous
one.

What’s New In this portion, the new lesson will be

introduced to you in various ways; a
story, a song, a poem, a problem opener,
an activity or a situation.

What is It This section provides a brief discussion of

the lesson. This aims to help you discover
and understand new concepts and skills.

What’s More This comprises activities for independent

practice to solidify your understanding
and skills of the topic. You may check the
answers to the exercises using the
Answer Key at the end of the module.
What I Have This includes questions or blank
Learned sentence/paragraph to be filled in to
process what you learned from the
lesson.

What I Can Do This section provides an activity which

will help you transfer your new
knowledge or skill into real life situations
or concerns.

Assessment This is a task which aims to evaluate your

level of mastery in achieving the learning
competency.
Additional In this portion, another activity will be
Activities
given to you to enrich your knowledge or
skill of the lesson learned.

Answer Key This contains answers to all activities in

the module.

Every day, you engage yourself to various communicative engagement.

You talk to your parents about your school performance; you ask your teacher
about the things which are not clear to you; you tell your best friend about

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your crush; you listen to your classmate who shares idea in the class and
many more.

Communication is always a vital part of your life. You listen to the

verbal and non-verbal language and you respond through speaking—you give
reaction or answer to what you listened to.

This is very important for you since you mingle with different people in
different places and situations and you should know the appropriate
communicative style for each of them to make sure that proper
communication is achieved.

In this lesson, you will learn the Frozen Communicative Style.

Another speech style among the five suggested by Martin Joos.

Are you excited? Let’s explore now!

What I Need to Know

After working with this module, you are expected to:

1. Learn what frozen communicative style is.
2. Identify situations that requires frozen communicative style.
3. Decide whether frozen communicative style is used in a given
situation.
4. Cite situations where frozen communicative style is used.

What I Know

Hey! What’s up! Do you know something about our lesson today?
Try to check it out by answering the questions below! Break a leg!

Activity 1: CHECK IT OUT!

Directions: Read the questions below and choose the best answer. Write the
letter of your choice in a separate answer sheet.

1. What is communicative style?

A. It refers to the speaker’s style when speaking.
B. It refers to the type of communication that the speaker wants to
have in the entirety of speech.
C. It is the form of language that the speaker uses which is
characterized by the degree of formality.
D. It is the way we deliver our messages, whether verbally or non-
verbally.

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2. What is true about frozen communicative style?
A. It is often used by friends.
B. Slangs are often use.
C. It has a fixed and static language and uses long sentences with
good command of grammar.
D. It is always used by people who have intimate relationship.

3. Which is not an example of communicative style?

A. Consultative B. Casual C. Formal D. Informal

4. Which statement refers to frozen communicative style?

A. Happens between an expert and the ones consulting.
B. It has very high level of formality.
C. Always use by best friends.
D. Relationship of speaker and listener is very close.

5. Which situation shows frozen communicative style?

A. The alumni association president having a discussion with the
principal on the organization of their homecoming.
B. An old lady leading the church prayer.
C. Peter and John talking about their new cell phones.
D. Mark proposing to Julia.

6. In frozen communicative style, the audience/listener __________ to the

speaker.
A. discusses B. listens C. writes D. argues

7. Frozen communicative style does not use _______________.

A. complex vocabulary
B. good grammar
C. slang
D. formal language

8. What situations below portrays frozen communicative style?

A. Martha and Josh talking about their project in English.
B. A church lector reading a passage from the Holy Bible.
C. DepEd Sec. Leonor M. Briones discussing to the cabinet meeting
what are the steps schools should do under new normal situation.
D. Ali telling Rosanna his secret love.

9. Which statement showcases frozen communicative style?

A. “I love you honey!
B. “What an amazing trip!”
C. “Our father, who art in heaven, hollowed be thy name.”
D. “What am I supposed to do to gain muscles?”

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10. When the president take his oath of office he probably
use______________.
A. slang
B. formal language
C. scientific terms
D. emotional expressions

11. Which statement is not an example of frozen communication?

A. “I believe in God, the Creator of all things visible and invisible.”
B. “I love the Philippines, it is the land of my birth. It is the home of
my people.”
C. “I wish everybody good health, long life and prosperous New Year.”
D. “Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.”

12. Which is not true about frozen communication.

A. It is also called fixed speech.
B. Complex terminologies could be used.
C. Good command of grammar is observed.
D. The audience are allowed to discuss to the speaker.

13. In what situation frozen communicative style is evident?

A. The president taking his oath of office.
B. The ambassador talking to the cabinet secretary.
C. The teacher explaining the topic to the class.
D. The Zumba instructor teaching the dance move.

14. What place below a frozen communication will most likely be

used?
A. dental clinic
B. chapel
C. park
D. sports arena

15. In social media, who commonly used frozen communicative

style?
A. A group of vlogger.
B. A speaker in a webinar.
C. The DepEd secretary updating live updates in Facebook.
D. A priest leading a church mass via Facebook live.

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 Lesson
FROZEN COMMUNICATIVE STYLE
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According to a linguist and German professor named Martin Joos,
(1976) communicative style, or also known as “speech style”, is the form of
language that the speaker uses which is characterized by the degree of
formality.
There are five communicative styles: casual, intimate, formal,
consultative and frozen.
This time, you will learn about Frozen Communicative Style.

What’s In

Your last lesson taught you about Intimate communicative style.

This is a speech style used among intimate members of a family or friends.
It does not need a complete language since short utterances are sometimes
enough to this type.
Before you go further, try to answer first the activity below.

Activity 2: HEART! HEART!

Directions: Write 5 situations inside the heart that shows intimate
communicative style.

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 What’s New
Look at the picture below and answer the questions that follow.

PROCESSING QUESTIONS:

1. What specific scenario the picture shows?

A. Students recite the Patriotic Pledge.
B. Students sing the National Anthem
C. Students raise hand for recitation.
D. Students obey policies of the school
2. During flag ceremony in your school , did you notice the speaker
using good grammar and vocabulary?

3. Were the students required to give any feedback from the speaker
giving message or convocation ?

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 What is It

FROZEN COMMUNICATIVE STYLE

- Is usually used in formal setting.

- It is the most formal style of communication wherein the
audience is not allowed to raise questions to the speaker.
- It is a style of communication that almost never changes.
- It has a fixed and static language and uses long sentences with
good command of grammar.

EXAMPLE SITUATIONS:
Church Prayers
Reading or reciting passage
from sacred books (e.g. Bible, Qur’an)
Reading or reciting of poems and
other types of literature
The Preamble of the Constitution
School Creeds
Marriage Ceremonies
National Pledge
National Anthem
Speech for a State Ceremony
Motto Photo from: google.com
Judicial Sentences
Contracts
Wills

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 What’s More

ACTIVITY 3: TELL ME! TELL ME!

Directions: Decide whether the pictures below show frozen communicative style or not.
Write YES if it shows and NO if it does not on the blank provided.

1. ________ 7. _________

2. _________ 8. _________

3. ________ 9. __________

4. _________ 10. ________

5. _________

6. _________
Photos here from: google.com

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ACTIVITY 4: IS IT FROZEN?
Directions: Identify whether or not the following statements express frozen
communicative style. Put a if it expressed and if it did not on the box before the
number.

1. “We, the sovereign Filipino people, imploring the aid of Almighty God,
in order to build a just and humane society…”

2. Oh! I’m glad you’re here, Stella!

3. “To be or not to be!” by William Shakespeare.

4. “Holy Mary Mother of God, pray for us sinners. Now and at the hour of
our death. Amen.”

5. “Panatang Makabayan, iniibig ko ang Pilipinas. Aking lupang

sinilangan. Tahanan ng aking lahi. Kinukopkop ako at tinutulungan.”

6. “Lupa ng araw ng luwalhati’t pagsinta, buhay ay langit sa piling mo.

Aming ligaya nang pag may nang-aapi, ang mamatay ng dahil
sa’yo.”

7. “Ladies and gentleman, let us all welcome our guest speaker, Atty.
Mark John Tabaque from Rizal, Palawan.” Let’s give him a round of
applause.

8. Hey! You’re driving at the wrong side of the road.

9. “For poorer or for richer, for better or for worst, in sickness and in health.
Till death do us part.”

10. Hey! Let’s eat. I’m Tom Jones already.”

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ACTIVITY 5: WHICH IS WHICH?
Directions: Choose below the appropriate picture for each given statement on the
box. Write the letter of your choice on the box next to it.

A. D.

B. E.

C. F.

SITUATION 1
“A reading from the letters of St. Paul to the Corinthians.”

SITUATION 2
“Take this all of you and eat of it. For this is my body. Do this in memory
of me.”

SITUATION 3
“Hail Mary full of grace the Lord is with thee, blessed art thee amongst
woman and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus.”

SITUATION 4
“I do hereby solemnly swear that I will well and faithfully discharge the
duties and responsibilities incumbent of my position.”

SITUATION 5
“The Bible says, by this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye
have love one to another.”.”

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 What I Have Learned

FROZEN COMMUNICATIVE STYLE is used generally in very

formal setting. This is the most formal communicative style for
respectful situation. It does not require any feedback from the
audience. Moreover, it usually uses long sentences with good
grammar and vocabulary.

This is also known as fixed speech because the use of

language is fixed and relatively static.

As most highly formal style, it uses the complex

grammatical sentence structure and vocabulary known only to
experts in a particular field.
It invites the reader to enter into a personal experience of
creative discovery such as literary texts like poetry.

What I Can Do

ACTIVITY 6: I KNOW IT!

Directions: Write a situation where frozen communicative style is used in the given places. The first situation is
done for you.
PLACES SITUATIONS
1. At the capitol The Governor reads the DILG memorandum about
Covid 19.
2. At the senate.

3. At the graduation hall.

4. At the church.

5. At the radio station.

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 ACTIVITY 7: JUST FROZEN!
Directions: Put a check on the opposite side if the given situation use FROZEN communicative style. Put an X if
it does not.
SITUATIONS
1. RECITATION OF THE PREAMBLE OF
THE CONSTITUTION
2. SCHOOL RALLY

3. MARRIAGE CEREMONIES

4. RECITATION OF NATIONAL PLEDGE

5. TAKING OATH OF OFFICE

Assessment

Directions: Read the following questions below and encircle the best answer
1. This communicative style uses complex grammatical sentence
structure and it is used in a very formal setting.
A. Intimate B. Casual C. Frozen D. Formal

2. Which is an example of frozen conversation?

A. A girl shares to her friend her vacation experience.
B. A boy leads the recitation of Panatang Makabayan.
C. A bank manager interviews a job applicant.
D. President Duterte updates the nation of covid-19 vaccine.

3. Frozen communicative style uses all except _____________.

A. Formal language
B. Good grammar
C. Slang
D. Vocabulary known only to experts in a particular field.

4. To what situation frozen communicative style is observed?

A. A priest rendering his sermon.
B. A doctor explaining the X-ray result to his patient.
C. A lawyer reciting the Preamble of the Constitution.
D. A girl reciting “The Raven” in front of the class.

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5. Who will probably use the frozen speech style?
A. A mother with a naughty son.
B. A teacher with a noisy students.
C. A boy with a strict father.
D. A lady with a sick mother.

6. Why frozen speech style is known also as fixed speech?

A. Because the speaker should only be speaking in a fixed place.
B. Because the listener is not allowed to comment to speaker’s
message.
C. Because the use of language is fixed and relatively static.
D. Because the listener only listens and the speaker only speaks.

7. Which statement expresses frozen communicative style?

A. “My love for you is true. You are my world my dear!”
B. “Excuse me sir! Can you please clarify your point?”
C. “Hi Nathan! What brought you here?”
D. “For richer or for poorer, for better or for worst, in sickness and in
health. Till death do us part.”

8. Which from the given situations portrays frozen speech style?

A. Family planning their summer vacation.
B. Women praying the novena.
C. School principal discussing the new memorandum to the teachers.
D. Students discussing about their weekend road trip.

9. When a student recites a poem during Linggo ng Wika what

communicative style is used?
A. Formal B. Intimate C. Casual D. Frozen

10. Which situation does not show frozen communicative style?

A. The catechists praying the Holy Rosary.
B. An imam reading the Holy Qur’an.
C. The priest listening to the bishop’s suggestion.
D. The pastor reads a passage from the Holy Bible.

11. Which is an example of frozen statement?

A. “When you my dear are away, away, how wearily goes the day.”
B. “Yes! I was once a sales executive at Linn & Co Company.”
C. “Want to join us this Friday for a joy ride? Arat na!”
D. “You should drink 8 cups of water every day!”

12. Who will probably use the frozen communicative style?

A. The dentist in his clinic.
B. The merchandiser in a mall.
C. Ana and his sister at the cathedral.
D. The teacher in the principal’s office.

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used what communicative style?
A. intimate B. formal C. frozen D. consultative

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14. Who probably speaks the above statement?

A. A mother to his dying husband.
B. A boy to her beautiful sister.
C. A contender in a beauty pageant.
D. A girl with to his caring mother.

Additional Activities

ACTIVITY 8: TRUE OR FALSE?

Directions: Read the following sentences. Write TRUE if the statement is
correct and write FALSE if incorrect on the blank provided before each
number.

ACTIVITY 8: TRUE OR FALSE?

Directions: Read the following sentences. Write TRUE if the statement is correct and write FALSE if
incorrect on the blank provided before each number.
__________ 1. Frozen speech style is used in very formal setting.
__________ 2. Formal communicative style requires feedback from the audience.
__________ 3. National pledge is an example of frozen speech style.
__________ 4. Fixed language is used in a frozen speech style.
__________ 5.In frozen communicative style, audience is allowed to raise questions to the speaker.
__________ 6. Malacaňang press conference is a scenario that uses frozen communicative style.
__________ 7. Slangs are allowed in frozen speech style.
__________ 8. Marriage ceremony uses frozen communication.
__________ 9. The use of language is not fixed and relatively static in a frozen communication.
__________ 10. Frozen communicative style uses language that almost never change

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ACTIVITY 9: MY MOTTOS
Directions: Write 5 mottos that you believe in your life.

1. ________________________________________________________________
2. ________________________________________________________________
3. ________________________________________________________________
4. ________________________________________________________________
5. ________________________________________________________________

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 Answer Key

ACTIVITY 1: CHECK IT OUT! (PRE-TEST) ACTIVITY 6: I KNOW IT!

1. C 6. B 11. C Answers vary
2. C 7. C 12. D
3. D 8. B 13. A ACTIVITY 7: JUST FROZEN!
4. B 9. C 14. B 1.
5. 5 10. B 15. D 2.
3.
ACTIVITY 2: HEART! HEART! 4.
Answers Vary 5.

PROCESSING QUESTIONS ASSESSMENT (POST-TEST)

1. A 1. C 6. C 11. A
2. A 2. B 7. D 12. C
3. A 3. C 8. B 13. C
4. B 4. C 9. D 14. C
5. D 10. C 15.C
ACTIVITY 3: TELL ME! TELL ME!
1. YES 6. NO ACTIVITY 8: TRUE OR FALSE
2. NO 7. YES 1. TRUE 6. FALSE
3. NO 8. NO 2. FALSE 7. FALSE
4. YES 9. YES 3. TRUE 8. TRUE
5. YES 10.YES 4. TRUE 9. FALSE
5. FALSE 10. TRUE
ACTIVITY 4: IS IT FROZEN?
1. 6.
2. 7.
ACTIVITY 9: MY MOTTOS
3. 8.
Answers vary
4. 9.
5. 10.

ACTIVITY 5: WHICH IS WHICH?

1. C
2. D
3. F
4. A
5. E

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 References

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