Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region XII
City Schools Division of Tacurong
TACURONG NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
New Isabela, City of Tacurong

READING AND WRITING

FOURTH QUARTER
LESSON: CONTEXT OF TEXT DEVELOPMENT
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: At the end of the lesson, students are expected to:
 Explain the meaning of Context.
 Explain the meaning of Text.
 Define and differentiate Context of Situation and Context of Culture.

Context
- The ability to use language is a unique characteristic human have. One of
language’s main functions is to denote meaning.
- Meaning attached in different forms of language use is called context.
- Context is created based on social, situational, and cultural factors. Thus, it is
dynamic and dependent on learned experiences.

Example:
A woman in her thirties, working from 5 pm to 8 am buys a 200 – peso worth cup of
coffee.

A teenage girl, malling from 5pm to 8pm buys 200-peson worth cup of coffee.

In the example, two people are put in almost the same situation, but meaning varies
greatly simply because these two people have automatically different learned
experiences.

TEXT

A text is made of signs and symbols systematized by grammar and organized in

logical language to properly present the intended message.

Examples:

Some texts are transferred orally and have no written form. Examples of these are folk
songs, urban legends, myths, and epics.

Example:
“The Iliad”, a narrative of events that happened in the war between the Greeks and
the Trojans, was believed to have come from a number of shorter poems, and is now
proven to be derived from centuries of oral tradition.

CONTEXT OF TEXT
- A text cannot be interpreted without context and context can not be expressed
without a text.

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Context of Text: Context of Situation
Context of Situation or the register is defined as the situation of the text where
the member of the culture associates meaning.

 Field
 Tenor
 Mode

Field – concerns the kind of action taking place

and its social nature where the member of the
culture associates meaning.

Tenor – regards the interactive roles

involved in the text creation where
the member of the culture associates
meaning.

Mode – refers to the function of language in the organization of the text where the
member of the culture associates meaning.

CONTEXT OF CULTURE OR GENRE

- Is defined as the actions and the meanings produced and associated by the
members of a social group in a certain environment.
- Is the perspective of the general belief, value system, cultural paradigm, or ideology.

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LESSON: CONTEXT OF TEXT DEVELOPMENT: INTERTEXT
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: At the end of the lesson, students are expected to:
 Explain Intertext.
 Discuss Intertextuality.
 Identify Intertext in a Text.

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LESSON: CONTEXT OF TEXT DEVELOPMENT: HYPERTEXT (7C)
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: At the end of the lesson, students are expected to:
 Explain Hypertext.
 Discuss Hypertextuality.
 Identify Hypertext in a Text.

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