EDUC 6124 Assignment: Detailed Context Analysis of Three Texts

This assignment presents a context analysis of three distinct texts. The first text analyzes a hotel reservation conversation, focusing on the register of hospitality, tenor between receptionist and guest, and the mode of phone conversation. Systemic Functional Grammar (SFG) concepts such as field, tenor, mode, participants, attributes, processes, circumstances, mood, modality, and cohesive devices are applied. The second text analyzes a research article on digital video media, examining the interplay of visual and verbal elements in learning. It discusses the challenges in video-mediated task development and the complexity of videotext. The third text explores an environmental science article about corals, detailing their life cycle, habitat, and relationship with zooxanthellae. Each text analysis includes SFG terminology and justifications. The document concludes with a list of references. Desklib provides a platform for students to access such solved assignments and study resources.

SUBJECT: ENGLISH
TITLE: EDUC 6124
ASSIGNMENT ONE: CONTEXT ANALYSIS
TEXT ONE
TEXT 1
CONTEXT ANALYSIS
It is a hospitality register under hotel reservation with a conversation between a potential customer and a receptionist. The aspect of the
register is portrayed clearly by the type of questions and answers in the conversation the key words been Grand hotel, reservation, a single and
checking in.These are terms used in hospitality field.
TENOR: Text depicts a hotel receptionist and a potential guest on a phone call, enquiring about the available services. He wants to make a
reservation for 5 days. The receptionist engages him and explains to him about the available service he wants together with the charges.
MODE-PHONE CONVERSATION
The medium used in the text was a telephone call where the guest calls the receptionist to book a reservation in the hotel for five days.

TEXT ANALYSIS FOR TEXT ONE
TEXT TWO
CONTEXT ANALYSIS
1. FIELD
The article is under research and learning register trying to compare the usefulness of visual elements, video text with verbal
elements proving that the interplay of the two types of element is too complex hence undermining the simplicity and understanding
of any material presented in that manner as per the findings Gruba, P.(1997) exploring Digital Video Media. It clearly indicates that
visual elements do not merely provide “support “for verbal elements and hence presenting challenges for video mediated task
development.
2. TENOR
The article demonstrate debatable arguments concerning the digital video learning where the visual elements are said to have
undermined the listeners interpretation as the level of “support” the images offer is minimal. As per Salomon’s 1979 the element of
videotext is too complex making it even more confusion hence the need of the research.
3. MODE
SFG Major concepts Examples from the text Justification
Field Hotel reservation It’s a conversation between grand hotel
receptionist and a guest (Larry Smith) who
wants to make a reservation.
Tenor Hotel receptionist and a potential guest The hotel receptionist engages with Mr.
Smith to understand the kind of service he
wants explains the cost, closes the deal.
Mode Speaking- phone conversation The conversation shows an interpersonal
aspect through a phone call.
SFG Terminology 5 Examples from text Justification
Participants 1.Grand hotel receptionist
2.Guest (Larry Smith)
3. Grand Hotel
The text involves a phone call between two
people, one a potential customer and the
other a hotel receptionist.
Attributes 1 single
2.Bathroom
3.Breakfast
4.5 days
5.Grand hotel
The guest wants a single room with a
bathroom for five days at Grand hotel at a
cost of 150 dollars with the package having
breakfast.
Processes 1.make
2.Next
3.When
4.From 15th
5.Can I
The words are used in the text to propel the
conversation from one question to the other
in regards to booking a reservation in the
hotel.
Circumstances 1 until the 20th
2.Next month
3.Can I have your name please
4. See you then
5.Good bye
Those are words that arise after the guest
“Mr. Smith has confirmed his reservation at
Grand hotel
Mood 1 how may I help you?
2. When would you like to check in?
3. Would you like a single or a double?
4. Can I have your name?
5.I would like to make a reservation
The sentences from the text demonstrates
interrogative and declarative aspects of the
conversation
Modality 1 would
2.may
3.can
4.How
5.When
These words have been used in the text to
show possibility; seek permission, show
obligation and the ability of securing a
reservation.
Cohesive Devices 1.And
2.Certainly
3.Until
4.For
5.On
These are phrases that have been used to
introduce, emphasize and interlink words to
make the conversation.

The article uses the aspect of existing data as per Gruba, P. (1997) “exploring Digital Video Media article” to compare the existing
challenges in the recent introduction of videotext in learning institutions clearly showing the confusion the listeners experience due
to complexity brought about by the combination of the verbal and visual elements. The article therefore utilizes pre-existing data to
maintain its relevance.
Text Analysis for Text 2
SFG Major Concepts Examples from the text Justification
Field Research and learning on digital video
media.
The article is addressing the issue of
challenges for video mediated task
development in contrast with pre-
existing facts (Salomon’s 1979) that
clearly show the level of complexity
digital learning brings.
Tenor The researcher confirming from Gruba, P.
(1997)
The flow of the article is maintained by
the clear comparison and facts of the
digital video media in learning and
interpretation.
Mode Article on digital video media The flow of the article is derived from
pre-existing data and current challenges
facing learners using digital video media
participants.
SFG Terminology 5 Examples from text Justification
Participants 1. Students/listeners
2. Tutors
3. Film makers
4. Media platforms
5. Viewers
All the participants are directly subjected
to the menace of digital video media
hence making them relevant.
Attributes 1. Visual elements
2. Verbal elements
3. Videotext elements
4. Message elements
5. Task developers
All the elements are attributes of the
digital video media on review on the
research.
Processes 1.Work
2.Thought
3.Taken
4.Used
4.Presenting
5.Number of ways
The phrases have been used to show the
process of the research in the article.
Circumstances 1. Number of ways
2. Taken into account
3. “Support”
4. The interplay of the two types of
elements
5. An integral elements
These are sentences used to show the
course of the argument in the article.
Mood 1.Visual elements
2.They are better thought of as
3.To influence listener’s emerging
interpretation
4.Cannot be reliably differentiated
5. “Whole message units”
The sentences show declarative and
objective claims in the article.
Modality 1.Should
2.Reliably
3.Do
4. Merely
5.Mode of
The words show the purpose,
weaknesses strength and reliability of
the article in relation to the topic.
Cohesive Devices 1.With
2.for
3.As
4.To
5.That
The words are in the article to join
phrases and sentences to make it
relevant.

TEXT THREE
CONTEXT ANALYSIS
1. FIELD
The article is under environmental science register. It talks about corals, a sea flower under a large group of animals called the
coelenterate or Cnidaria which have same basic body structure found in most oceans. Sea anemones and jellyfish are their closest
relatives.
2. TENOR
The article explains on how a coral life begins as one small animal known as a polyp, which resembles a tiny flower which grows well
in clear, clean, warm water where there is plenty of sunlight and which begins to produce a skeleton outside its soft body dividing to
form a coral colony.
3. MODE.
In the ocean there are some tiny single-celled plants called zooxanthellae which live in polyps tissues and through the process of
photosynthesis, they convert energy from the sun to help corals grow and multiply. The article about the corals is fully supported as
per (From Corals: Flowers of the sea by L.H. Murdoch, Bookshelf publishing, Gosford, 1993)
TEXT ANALYSIS FOR TEXT 3
SFG Major concepts Examples from the text Justification
Field Environmental Science/ plant study. The article is addressing a species of a
sea plant known as coral flower.
Tenor Coral flower and its growth in the sea. The article explains about the coral
flower life cycle, its habitats, and closely
related animal, its survival and
popularity.
Mode Coral growth in the sea The argument is derived from an article
(flowers of the sea by L.H. Murdoch,
Bookshelf Publishing, Gosford 1993)
showings its life cycle.
SFG Terminology 5 Examples Justification
Participants 1.Sea
2.Corals
3.Sunlight
4.Zooxanthellae
5.Anemones and jellyfish
All play a major role towards the
existence and development of corals.
Attributes 1.same basic body structure
2. different shapes and sizes
3. mouth surrounded by a ring of stinging
tentacles
4. have simple sac-like stomach
5.polyps with skeleton outside its soft
body
Are these features clearly describes the
resemblance and basic form and
structure of a coral.
Processes 1. Grow well in clear, clean, warm water.
2. Grows fast in shallow tropical conditions
to form reeds.
3. Begins life as one small animal known as
a polyps.
4. Upon growth, it produces a skeleton
outside its soft body.
5. Zooxanthellae live in polyps’ tissue
through the process of photosynthesis
enhancing corals growth.
The statement shows the process of
corals growth from its favorable
conditions to its maturation.
Circumstances 1.clear water
2. clean water
3. sunlight
4. Shallow tropical conditions
(temperature above 18 and below 30
All these are requirements needed for
the growth of corals.

degrees Celsius)
5. Zooxanthellae for photosynthesis.
Mood 1.Resembles a tiny flower
2.Multiplys to form a coral colony
3. Corals on shallow tropics grow fast
enough to form reefs.
4. Lives on large solid Limestone skeleton
5.Polypses divides to eventually form a
colony
The sentences show the descriptive,
objective and demonstrative aspects of
coral flower.
Modality 1.May
2. Most
3.Through
4.Minimum
5. Above
The words shows possibility, ability and
the optimum conditions required for
growth of coral flower.
Cohesive Devices 1. Have
2. And
3. Where
4. Of
5. Are
These are words used to join sentences
in the article to make it relevant.
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