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Internal
Assessment guidelines for May/June
2004
By
Debbie Harris, Contributor
 THE
PORTFOLIO
AS
I promised, here is the information
for the Internal Assessment (IA)
The Portfolio.
Each
of you will compile a portfolio on
a theme selected, determined by you
the student and this must be approved
by your teacher. It is best for you
to choose an area about which you
can find current information as you
will be required to create a topic
for the expository section.
Below
is a proposal of a possible way in
which you could proceed in completing
the Internal Assessment.
STRUCTURE
OF THE PORTFOLIO
Firstly,
write a General Introduction, in it
you will do the following:
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State the theme
*
Provide a rationale, that is, say
why you are focusing on the selected
theme
*
Say how it relates to personal interest
and possibly academic and work-related
interests
*
Briefly summarise how the theme is
reflected in the three major headings/sections:
Expository, Reflective and Analytical
Secondly,
create your Reflective pieces. These
are TWO samples of original work which
together should not exceed 1,200 words
and which must relate to the theme
you selected. For this you ought to
do the following:
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Write a rationale this may be
one rationale per piece or one which
refers to both pieces. Your teacher
will decide. The rationale should
detail:
the students inspiration (what motivated
you to make the choice you have made)
the intended audience (for whom are
you writing)
the situation (what is the context
within which you are writing)
the purpose of the pieces (for what
are writing; what do you aim to achieve,
why are you writing the piece)
*
Of the TWO pieces, at least ONE must
include the use of Creole (Jamaican),
that is, if you intend to use it for
the Analytical Section of the Portfolio.
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Samples produced should cover TWO
literary genres and may include one
piece of oral work (on audio or video
tape which should run for 35
minutes)
 Thirdly,
although the Expository Section is
an Oral Presentation it is still considered
to be a part of the Portfolio. In
completing it, you should do the following:
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Design a topic (based on theme selected
and this topic must be current)
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Research the topic, that is, you should
select at least two pieces of related
information on topic and identify
the issues raised and the challenges
faced/experienced (data collection/research
methodology)
*
Evaluate the effect of source, context
(that is, the original and intended
use of pieces) and channel (written
or spoken) or medium (means through
which it is spoken or written) on
the reliability and
validity of information gathered.
In other words, how does the effect
(of source, context and medium or
channel) affect the 'dependability
and truthfulness' of information?
*
Draw a conclusion (state the result
of the research and you may give your
personal stance on the topic)
Fourthly,
complete your Portfolio by doing the
Analytical Section. There is a word
limit of 350. Do the following:
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Select ONE piece presented under the
reflective section OR an appropriate
piece, which is related to the theme,
from another source
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Analyse all of the following in the
chosen piece :
registers
dialectal variations
attitudes to language
communicative behaviours
Each
of the sections is worth 20 marks.
(See pages 3037 of the Communication
Studies syllabus for the mark scheme).
If you are going to be successful
with in this course you must begin
working immediately on the Portfolio.
During
the time ahead, we will look at each
of the sections more closely. Begin
to think about the theme you would
like to research. Until then, walk
good.
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