TRASCODING

LINEAR AND
NON-LINEAR
TEXT
LINEAR TEXT
- It is the most common type of
reading. Linear text refers to
traditional text that needs to be
read from beginning to the end.
Here, the reader
makes sense of the text according
to the
grammatical and syntactic
arrangement of the words, it is
presented in a paragraph form.
Example of Linear Text
are novels, poems, short
stories, letters,
educational texts, news
articles, blogs and emails.
NOVEL
POEM
LETTER
BLOGS
EMAILS
NON- LINEAR TEXT
- Non-linear text is represented
using different kinds of
graphics such as charts and
graphs and other figures. It is
also called non-
linear because the reader does
not read it sequentially; instead
the reader of the text decides
the sequence in reading the
text. Examples of non-linear
text are line graph, bar
graph, venn diagram,
pie chart and flow
chart.
LINE GRAPH
BAR GRAPH
VENN DIAGRAM
PIE GRAPH
FLOW CHART
 The word transcode
means to change language
or information from one
representation to another.
 In transcoding, you
should extract information
from a linear text to non-
linear text and vice versa.
Here are some steps for you
to follow:
Step 1: Read the passage to
get a general idea of the
subject matter.
Step 2: Look at the visual to
identify what information is
needed to complete the
chart or graph.
Step 3: Locate the relevant
information in the passage
and transfer it to the chart
or graph. Use only key
words or phrases,
not the whole
sentences.
Step 4: Organize
the information
clearly