Examples of Oral Communication (2nd year)
Students can approach the oral communication classroom-based assessment in a variety of different ways, as this video and the examples below illustrate. More examples will be added over time.
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[TCA] Assessing oral communication
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[TCA] Assessing Oral Communication
A video of a teacher using features of quality and note-taking to assess the oral communication
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[TCA] Example A: Kayaking (Unannotated video)
A student created a PowerPoint and made a presentation about Kayaking during which he outlines various aspects of kayaking: the joys and benefits; equipment used and techniques.
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[TCA] Example A: Kayaking (Annotated video)
Watch the student's presentation (with annotations based on the features of quality).
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Example A: Kayaking PDF
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[TCA] Example B: The Paranormal (Unannotated video)
Oral Presentation about the paranormal which investigates the perceived differences between fiction and real paranormal activities, with references to a film the students watched
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[TCA] Example B: The Paranormal (Annotated video)
Oral Presentation about the paranormal which investigates the perceived differences between fiction and real paranormal activities, with references to a film the students watched
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Example B: The Paranormal (PDF)
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[TCA] Example C: Hope (Unannotated version)
A student does a dramatic performance and evaluation of the resonating themes/motifs in ‘Hope is The Thing With Feathers’ by Emily Dickinson.
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[TCA] Example C: Hope (Annotated version)
A student does a dramatic performance and evaluation of the resonating themes/motifs in ‘Hope is The Thing With Feathers’ by Emily Dickinson.
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Example C: Hope (PDF)
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[TCA] Example D: Tension in Film (Unannotated version)
Suspense and tension in a scene from at Hitchcock’s Strangers on a Train.
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[TCA] Example D: Tension in Film (Unannotated version)
Suspense and tension in a scene from at Hitchcock’s Strangers on a Train.
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[TCA] Example E: Good Will Hunting
A student performs a monologue from by the character of Dr. Sean McGuire in a climactic moment of Good Will Hunting, directed by Gus Van Sant.
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[TCA] Example E: Good Will Hunting (Annotated version)
A student performs a monologue from by the character of Dr. Sean McGuire in a climactic moment of Good Will Hunting, directed by Gus Van Sant.
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Example E: Goodwill Hunting (Annotated version)
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[TCA] Example F: Scoliosis
A student does a presentation on their personal experience of scoliosis.
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[TCA] Example F: Scoliosis (Annotated version)
A student does a presentation on their personal experience of scoliosis.
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Example F: Scoliosis PDF
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[TCA] Example G: Old English (Unannotated version)
The students do a presentation on how Old English developed over time. They translate common phrases from Old English into Modern English and, through the Q&A, discuss how language is still evolving.
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[TCA] Example G: Old English (Annotated version)
The students do a presentation on how Old English developed over time. They translate common phrases from Old English into Modern English and, through the Q&A, discuss how language is still evolving.
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Example G: Old English PDF
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