This study analyzed the Vocabulary and
Cultural Details in Grade 7 Philippine Literary Texts:
Content Analysis. Using content analysis, the
relational/semantic vocabulary of eight (8) literary texts
from the Grade 7 Philippine Literature Textbook were
analyzed. Based on the findings, the vocabulary contents
in Philippine literary texts reveals significant cultural
details that reflect the attitude, beliefs and experiences of
the Filipinos with influences of the Spanish and Chinese
cultures. Moreover, the semantic meaning of cultural
details of the Philippine literary texts were about the
lives of Filipinos including arts, codes of manners, dress,
language, religion, rituals, norms of behavior, such as
law and morality, and systems of beliefs. The Cultural
details of Philippine Literary Texts belongs to a Highcontext culture. This communication uses underlying
context, meaning, and tone in the message, and not just
the words themselves wherein the information is often
implied based on the situation, as in many Asian cultures
just like the Philippines. The theoretical implication and
output of this study is Vocabulary and Culture: A
Mobile-Assisted Language Learning (Vac-MALL) in
literature through a DIGITAL SIM: VocLiTure
(Vocabulary, Literature and Culture), an eBook for
Grade 7 Learners
Keywords :
Core; Discourse; Register; Cultural Details; Mobile-Assisted Language Learning (MALL); eBook.