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English
Quarter 4–Module 5: Week 7
Determining the Vocabulary or Jargons Expected of a
Communicative Style

Development Team of the Module

Writer: Jennifer S. Gonzales
Editor: Sharie L. Miguel, EdD
Reviewer: Cherrylene M.Mendoza, MAED-Eng & Sharie L. Miguel, Ed.D
Layout Artist: Manolito S. David

Management Team: Edgard C. Domingo.,PhD, CESO V-SDS

Melissa S. Sanchez, EdD CESE – ASDS
Shirley B. Zipagan, EdD CESE – ASDS
Celia R. Lacanlale PhD, CID Chief
Arceli S. Lopez PhD, SGOD Chief
Ruby M. Jimenez PhD, EPS-LRMS
June D. Cunanan EPS- English

Published by the Department of Education, Schools Division of Pampanga

Office Address: High School Boulevard, Brgy. Lourdes, City of San Fernando, Pampanga
Telephone No: (045) 435-2728
E-mail Address: pampanga@deped.gov.ph

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Introductory Message
For the Facilitator:

Welcome to the English 9 Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) Module on Determining the
Vocabulary or Jargons Expected of a Communicative Style!

This module was collaboratively designed, developed and reviewed by educators from public
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.

In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the body of the module:

Notes to the Teacher

This contains helpful tips or strategies that will
help you in guiding the learners.

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 Determining the
Vocabulary or Jargons Expected of a Communicative Style!

Jargon includes the technical vocabulary that professionals, such as scientists and engineers,
rely on to communicate with each other.
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.

What I Need to Know

This module will assist you in encouraging the learners to share their knowledge
on determining the vocabulary or jargons expected of a communicative style.
Please help the learners in sharing their ideas and knowledge from their
experiences so that there will be collaboration and learning will be easy.
Answers are written at the back of this module. Inculcate to the learners the
value of honesty while answering this module.

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For the learner

As a learner, one should learn how to determine the vocabulary or jargons

necessary for effective communication. Professions and other fields or disciplines have
their own language. It is important to understand the meanings of the words and their
context so that we can also incorporate them into our own language and we can use
them in different communicative speech style. You will be given activities that you can
answer on your own after reading and going through the different parts of this module.
Please remember not to make markings on this module and write your answers on your
notebook.
At the end of this module, you are expected to:
1. present examples of jargons;
2. define the jargons used by different professionals; and
3. determine the vocabulary or jargons expected of a communicative style.

What I Know

There are words whose meanings might only be known to members of groups or
professions. Let us check your knowledge on this.

A. Match the meanings in Column A with the jargons in Column B. Write the letter of
your answer on a separate sheet of paper.

Column A Column A

1. a mysterious element that creates excitement A. anecdotal records

B. adjourn
when two actors appear together C. chemistry
2. a narrative description of student behavior or D. extraction
E. maximal dose
performance
3. to stop an official proceeding
4. the largest amount of a drug that can be given
safely
5. the process or act of removing tooth or tooth
parts

B. Give the equivalent term of each of the following jargons used by professionals in
the different communicative speech styles. Write your answers on a separate
sheet of paper.
6. blueprint _________
7. assessment _________
8. affiant _________
9. arthrogram _________
10. touchdown _________

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C. Color the heart red for intimate, green for casual, orange for consultative, violet
for formal and pink for frozen speech style. Write your answers on a separate
sheet of paper.
11. Delivering a valedictory address
12. Leading a prayer
13. Consulting your doctor
14. Having a heart to heart talk with your mother
15. Conversing with your team mates

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Lesson
Determining the Vocabulary or Jargons
5 Expected of a Communicative Style

How can we effectively communicate with other people? Determining the

vocabulary or jargons expected of communicative speech style and understanding their
meanings will help you communicate effectively. This enable you to avoid
miscommunication that may lead to conflicts and problems.

What’s In

In the previous module, you learned that factual statements can be converted
into value judgments by introducing a value term. In each set of sentences, put a check
mark on the blank before the one that accurately expresses a value judgment on a
critical issue. Do this on a separate sheet of paper.

________ 1. In a recent survey, 33% of adult Filipinos were unwilling to get vaccinated
against COVID-19.
________ 2. The Department of Health should not be blamed for the low public trust in
vaccines.
________ 3. It’s not right to criticize the Commission on Higher Education over flexible
learning.
________ 4. Union leaders of students in the country expressed strong opposition to
the policy.
________ 5. It is alarming that trained staff in food preparation can still err in their jobs.
________ 6. A woman claimed that a weird stuff in her fast food meal was delivered to
her.
________ 7. Face to face graduation rites are not still allowed due to pandemic.
________ 8. It is fine that our school will hold a virtual graduation ceremonies this July.
________ 9. A municipal mayor in Pampanga started a raffle among those who
received COVID-19 vaccines.
_______10. To encourage COVID vaccination, San Luis mayor held a monthly cow
raffle, so I think he deserves a praise for his innovation.

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 What’s New

What is love like for you as a teenager? Find out what is love like based on the
different professions.
What is Love Like?
By: Jennifer S. Gonzales

Love is exactly like saying, for better

or for worse, for richer or for poorer
in sickness and in health,
to love and cherish, till death
do us part.

Love is like an examination,

It is always a part of education.
If there’s a formative assessment;
Surely follows a summative assessment.
but all are essential learnings.

Love is like a good therapy.

It gives you an increased energy.
Love is like a medical treatment
for any kind of ailment
It is for a life time effective medication.

Love is likened to many different words of primes.

It is a favored topic of all times-
for lawyers, pilots, engineers and priests,
for teachers, doctors and dentists,
for friends and families, most of all.

What is love like for you now?

Is love like telling, mom I have a surprise?
What is love like for you ten years from now?
Will it be like a high-rise
blueprint which will provide you completeness?

Comprehension Questions:

1. What is the poem all about?

2. What do you think is the profession of the speaker in the first stanza? Why do
you say so?
3. Define love as described in the second stanza.
4. What particular profession uses words like therapy, ailment and medication?
5. In your own point of view, what is meant by the line, “Is love like telling, mom I
have a surprise.”?
6. Consider the words used in the poem like blueprint and high-rise, most likely
what will be your profession ten years from now?
7. What does the fourth stanza imply?

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 What Is It
Discussion

How do you communicate with your friends? How do you listen to professionals
so that you will be able to grasp what they are saying? There are terms or words that
are only understood by members or group of professions.
In legal profession, there are many terms considered as jargons that only lawyers
and judges frequently use. Determining the vocabularies or the jargons used by the
people you meet will help you to communicate easily and effectively. Studying these
special vocabularies and considering the speech style applicable to the situation you
are in will actually enhance your communication skills.
Look at the first stanza of the poem again. Are the lines familiar? Yes, you are
right. The expressions like, “For better or for worse,” and “Till death do us part,” are
special words or expressions used by a priest to ask the groom and bride in a frozen
speech style, a wedding ceremony.
The speaker in the second stanza makes use of the words or expressions like
examination, education, assessment and essential learnings. These words, though very
simple, will give you clues as to what the speaker’s profession is. Does this remind you
of your favorite teacher? Does this remind you of your classroom setting with a
consultative speech style?
The speaker in the third stanza makes use of medical terms like therapy, ailment
and medication. Have you heard these words from a doctor? Even in just visiting a
doctor or a dentist, eventually, you will learn jargons essential to effective
communication.

Important insights to remember:

How is jargon different from other words?

Jargon is a technical or specialized language. Professions and other fields or
disciplines have their own language. It is important to understand the meanings
of the words and their context so that we can incorporate jargons into our own
language.

What’s More

Independent Activity 1

A. Read the following conversation between a dentist and his patient. Make sure
that you understand each terminology.

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 Dr. Cruz: Good morning Billy, how are you doing today?

Billy: I’m fine. I’ve suffered some gum problem recently.

Dr. Cruz: Well, we’ll take a look. Please recline and open your mouth.
Billy: (after being examined) How does it look?
Dr. Cruz: Well, there is an inflammation in some part of your gums.
I think we need to do a new set of radiographs.
Billy: Is there something wrong? It looks like you may have a few
cavities.
Dr. Cruz: No, no, it is a standard procedure.
Billy: That not good news.
Dr. Cruz: They are just two and they look superficial. We need to identify
other decay and make sure that there isn’t any in between the
teeth.

Now, identify the vocabulary or jargon used in the dialogue. Write your answers
on your answer sheet.

1. a hold in the tooth in the tooth

resulting from decay

2. shallow, not deep

3. irritation that is often painful

usually of the gums

4. to lie or lean back

5. a dental x--ray

B. Can you still recall the type of speech style appropriate for the dialogue above?
You are right. The conversation between the dentist and his patient is an
example of consultative speech style. Now, match the following situations in
Column A with the speech styles in Column B. Write the letter of your answer on
your answer sheet.

A B
____ 6. an athlete leading a prayer A. frozen
____ 7. a night talk with the family B. consultative
____ 8. delivering a news report C. formal
____ 9. talking to your employer D. intimate
____ 10. conversing with friends while hanging out E. casual

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Independent Assessment 1

A. Choose from the box the jargon that you may use and apply for each situation
Write your answers on your answer sheet.

blocking liturgy anchor updates commencement

extraction sacred solemnity chemistry radiography

Situation Jargon
1. Discussing Romeo and Juliet 1.

2.

2. Reciting the Lord’s Prayer 3.

4.

3. Visiting a dentist 5.

6.

4. Delivering a valedictory address 7.

8.

5. Delivering news reports 9.

10.

B. Give the appropriate communicative speech styles of the above situations. Write
your answers on your answer sheet.
11. _____________________
12. _____________________
13. _____________________
14. _____________________
15. _____________________

Independent Activity 2

A. Below are vocabularies or jargons used by different professionals. Choose an

equivalent term from the box and write it on your answer sheet.
medication blueprint touchdown incorporate

commencement disseminate purchase gingival

assessment protocol foundation

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 1. rules ____________
2. gums ____________
3. include ____________
4. beginning ____________
5. cure ____________
6. agreement ____________
7. spread ____________
8. plan ____________
9. buy ____________
10. land ____________

B. Choose from the above box the jargons frequently used by most professionals.
Write your answers on your answer sheet.

11. doctor ____________

12. engineer ____________
13. pilot ____________
14. dentist ____________
15. teacher ____________

Independent Assessment 2

A. Use a dictionary in giving the meanings of the jargons used by different groups or
professionals. Write your answers on your answer sheet.

1. caucus ___________________________________
2. big government ___________________________________
3. air pocket ___________________________________
4. touchdown ___________________________________
5. best practice ___________________________________

B. Use the above jargons in making sentences based from their meanings. Write
your answers on your answer sheet.

6. ________________________________________________
7. ________________________________________________
8. ________________________________________________
9. ________________________________________________
10. ________________________________________________

Independent Activity 3
A. Copy the jargons in the following lines as used in the different fields of profession
or in the different speech styles. Write your answers on a separate sheet of
paper.

1. Deliver us Lord from every evil.

2. Order! Order! Both the lawyers settle down and maintain the decorum.

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 3. The first caucus will be held tomorrow so that we can finalize our candidates for
the election.
4. Certain medications can cause nasal symptoms especially congestion.
5. You are very pleasing to me darling your name is engraved in my heart.

B. Give the equivalent terms of the jargons you just copied above based on how
they are used in the lines. Write your answers on your answer sheet.

Jargons Equivalent terms

6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

C. Now, give an appropriate communicative speech style for each of the lines
above. Write your answers on your answer sheet.

11. ______________________
12. ______________________
13. ______________________
14. ______________________
15. ______________________

Independent Assessment 3

A. The following are terms used by the Department of Health (DOH) in informing the
public about COVID 19. Use each word in a sentence. Be guided by the clues in
the parentheses. Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.

1. asymptomatic (DOH secretary is informing the health workers on this)

_______________________________________________________
2. intensivist (a doctor explaining this term to his nursing class)
_____________________________________________________________
3. lockdown (a health worker mentioning its importance)
_______________________________________________________
4. pandemic (a teacher giving an orientation about COVID 19)
_______________________________________________________
5. respirator (a nurse assisting a patient)
_______________________________________________________
6. self-quarantine (an OFW returning to the Philippines)
_______________________________________________________
7. symptomatic (a member of health volunteers giving instructions to the out
patients)
_______________________________________________________
8. national emergency (President Duterte makes an announcement)
_______________________________________________________
9. flattening the curve (a newscaster giving updates)
_______________________________________________________
10. epidemic (a health leader reminding the community)
_______________________________________________________
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B. Choose from the activity above the terms that you can use in the following
communicative speech style. Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.

Consultative speech style

11.___________________
12.___________________
13.___________________

Formal speech style

14.___________________
15 ___________________

What I Have Learned

A. Complete the sentence below by supplying the definition of jargons.

Jargon ___________________________________________. Professions and

other fields or disciplines have their own language. It is important to
____________________________________ and their _______________ so
that we can incorporate jargons into our own language.

B. Pretend that you are a pediatrician. Make a list of three (3) medical jargons that
you will possibly use in your medical mission. Write your answers on a separate
sheet of paper.
1. _______________
2. _______________
3. _______________
C. Find any professional near your place and conduct an interview on the strategies
and skills applied in his workplace. List down at least five jargons that you will
hear from the interviewee. Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.
4. _______________ 7. _______________
5. _______________ 8. _______________
6. _______________

D. Imagine that you were an officer of a school organization conducting a meeting to

address a specific concern. Enumerate five jargons which you would like them to
remember. Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.
9. _______________
10. _______________
11. _______________
12. _______________

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 What I Can Do

Write examples of jargon commonly used by the people listed below. Do this activity on
your answer sheet.

A. doctor

1. _________________
2. _________________

B. lawyer

3. _________________
4. _________________

C. dentist

5. _________________
6. _________________

D. pilot

7. _________________
8. _________________

E. priest

9. _________________
10. _________________

F. teacher

11. _________________
12. _________________

G. engineer

13. _________________
14. _________________
15. _________________

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 Assessment

A. Give the equivalent term of each jargon. Then give an appropriate

communicative speech style based on the meaning. Write your answers on your
answer sheet.

Anchor
Equivalent term Speech Style
1. ________________ 2. _________________

Extraction
Equivalent term Speech Style
3. ________________ 4. _________________

Blueprint
Equivalent term Speech Style

5. ________________ 6. _________________

Commencement
Equivalent term Speech Style
7. ________________ 8. _________________

Touchdown
Equivalent term Speech Style
9. ________________ 10. _________________

Additional Activities

A. Recall a dialogue between you and your dentist. Now, highlight the most
interesting part and write your conversation. Remember to include your dentist’s
jargons. Write your answers on your answer sheet.

B. Recall a discussion from your favorite teacher. Now, choose the part where your
attention was caught and that you participated. Write a dialogue between you
and your teacher. Use the jargons used by your teacher in discussing his
subject. Write your answers on your answer sheet.

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What's More Assessment
Independent Activity 1 Answers may vary
What I Know A. 1. Cavity 2. superficial Independent Assessment 1
3. inflammation 4. recline 1.blocking 2. Chemistry
5. radiograph 3. liturgy 4. Sacred
B. 6. a 7. d. 8. c 9. b 10. e 5. extraction 6. Radiography
A. 1. protocol C.11. Consultative 7. commencement
2. gingival 12. frozen 13. consultative 14- 8. Solemnity 9. Updates
3. incorporate 15. formal 10. anchor
4. commencement Independent Activity 2 Independent Assessment 2
5. medication 1. protocol 2. gingival A. answers may vary
6. assessment 3. incorporate B. answers may vary
7. disseminate 4. commencement Independent Assessment 3
8. blueprint 5. medication 6. assessment A-B. answers may vary
9. purchase 7. disseminate 8. blueprint
10. touchdown 9. purchase 10. touchdown
B.11. medication/protocol B.11. medication/protocol
12. blueprint 12. blueprint 13. touchdown
13. touchdown 14. gingival
14. gingival 15. assessment/disseminate
15. assessment/disseminate Independent Activity 3
A.1.deliver 2.decorum 3.caucus
4. medication/ nasal
B. Answers may vary
C. 1. Frozen 2-3 formal
4. consultative 5. intimate
Answer Key
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