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Oral Communications Assessment 2011Oral Communications Assessment 2011
Mrs Laura NgHwa Chong Institution (High School)Principal Consultant/English Literaturelaura@hci.edu.sg
Mrs Laura NgHwa Chong Institution (High School)Principal Consultant/English Literaturelaura@hci.edu.sg
Aims
• Foster analytical skills applicable in future working world
• Enable students to read extensively & be knowledgeable about pertinent issues today
• Encourage confident expression of views
Aims
• Groom confident citizens aware of global issues & ready to engage salient world affairs with active debate
• Cultivate confident oral communication with articulate voicing of opinions and authentic conversations between students & stakeholders
Assessment Structure 2011 (Sec 1-2)
Oral Communication
Assessment Structure 2011 (Sec 3)
Oral Communication
Assessment Format 2011
Current Affairs Assessment for 2011Level Term 1 & 2 Term 3 & 4
Sec 1 Term 1 Weeks 2
-6:Briefing & Mock Session
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EL Oral
Interviews
CLOral Voice-recordings
(Newspaper Stimulus)
Sec 2CL
DebatesEL
Panel Discussions
Sec 3EL
‘In the Line of Fire’
CLImpromptu Public Speaking 即席演讲
Sec 4EL & CL Panel Discussion
(Credit Points awarded)
Coverage
• Sec 1: Local / Social news – E.g. local economic growth, public transport woes
• Sec 2: Local / Regional news – E.g. ASEAN, North Korea
• Sec 3 & 4: International news– E.g. American invasion of Afghanistan, Israel-
Palestine conflict
• Resources available on Current Affairs Wikispaces http://hscurrentaffairs.wiki.hci.edu.sg/
Coverage
Oral Participation (OP)
AAP & AAT Objectives
• Art & Acts of Persuasion (AAP)– Develop linguistic intelligence through enhancing
students’ power of communication– (For Sec 1 students only)
• Art & Acts of Thinking (AAT)– Encourage students to think critically– Develop strategies for thinking about issues– (For Sec 2 students only)
Art & Acts of Persuasion (AAP)
• Taught concurrently with Language Arts programme in Sec 1
• Aims to develop skills of Speaking, Critical Thinking & Viewing– Speaking: verbal & non-verbal skills– Critical thinking: process & analyze information in
different contexts– Viewing: sensitivity to interpreting the value,
truth & elements of information
• Contributes 20% of Oral Communications score
Art & Acts of Thinking (AAT)
• Thinking skills can and should be learnt
• Through application of models, students can improve quality of thinking– E.g. Paul’s Wheel of Reasoning, Socratic Questioning,
Habits of Mind
• Eventually students become more mature thinkers mastering life skills useful for survival
• Contributes 20% of Oral Communications score
Sec 1 Oral Interviews
• English Language assessment for Sec 1 in Semester 1, contributes 20% of Oral Communications score
• Face-to-face interviews based on reading materials & recent news– E.g. "Tell me a significant news event you have
read over the past two weeks that you feel strongly about.”
• Assessment topics are not dictated by teacher
Sec 1 Oral Interviews
Format for Oral Interviews
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Sec 1 Oral Voice-recordings
• Chinese Language assessment for Sec 1 in Semester 2, contributes 20% of Oral Communications score
• Students create voice-clip of 3-5 minutes using stimulus from recent news articles
• Several trial sessions to be conducted during June holidays and Term 3 Week 3, before actual assessment in Term 3 Weeks 6-8
Sec 2 Panel Discussion
• English Language assessment for Sec 2 in Semester 2, contributes 20% of Oral Communications score
• Students role-play stakeholders in issue being discussed and discuss issues in a moderated setting, with whole discussion filmed on video for documentation purposes
• Teacher assessor will be assisted by 4 student assessors
Sec 2 Debates
• Chinese Language assessment for Sec 2 in Semester 1, contributes 20% of Oral Communications score
• Students take sides for / against motion and conduct debate in a moderated setting, with whole discussion filmed on video for documentation purposes
• Teacher assessor will be assisted by 4 student assessors
Sec 2 Panel Discussion & Debate
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4S1
S2
S3
S4
T1
AudienceC
Format for Panel Discussion & Debate
Sec 3 ‘In the Line of Fire’ & 即席演讲
• English & Chinese Language assessment for Sec 3, contributes 30% of Oral Communications score for each language
• Modelled after YMCA’s Plain English Speaking Award (PESA)
• Student given topic relating to current affairs on actual day, prepare on the spot and present
• Teacher assessor will be assisted by 3 student assessors
Sec 3 ‘In the Line of Fire’ & 即席演讲
S1 S2 S3T1
Audience
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Format for ‘In the Line of Fire’ & 即席演讲
Sec 4 Panel Discussion
• Sec 4s not involved in new Current Affairs assessment
• During Friday’s Current Affairs period, continue with Panel Discussion for both English & Chinese Language, facilitated and assessed by student-observers based on rubrics given by teachers– Credit Points (CPs) to be issued instead– Follows format used in 2009 / 2010
Reading Programme (RP)
• Reading Programme is aligned with Current Affairs syllabus, through reading of prescribed publications during Reading Period daily from 0740-0800 hours to provide opportunities to keep up-to-date with news– E.g. The Straits Times, Lianhe Zaobao, Newsweek,
Time & Yazhou Zhoukan
• Language teachers select relevant articles for discussion during English / Chinese Language lessons
Thank youThank youQueries? laura@hci.edu.sg (Mrs Laura Ng, PC/English Literature)
woonws@hci.edu.sg (Mr Woon WS, Research Assistant/HP & CA)
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