COMMUNICATION STUDIES

INTERNAL ASSESSMENT
PORTFOLIO

Select a theme of interest e.g.

 Crime

 Social Networking

 Drugs

 Public Transport
FOUR SECTIONS

 General Introduction (12 Marks)

 Exposition (16 Marks)
 Reflection (14 Marks)
 Analysis (18 Marks)
GENERAL INTRODUCTION (12)
Should:
 Be no more than 200 words

 Relate to other 3 sections

 Identify theme selected

 Identify purpose for selecting it

 Show how it relates to all of following interests:

 Academic
 Work-related
 Personal
EXPOSITION (16)
 Orally presented
 7 – 10 mins duration
 Current/Controversial issue from theme selected
 Collect information from two sources
 Discussion of issues raised
 Challenges experienced
 Evaluation (reliability & validity)
REFLECTION (14)
 One sample of original work
 Must not exceed 800 words
 Covers one literary genre (prose/poetry/drama)
 Must relate to theme selected
 PREFACE (no more than 200 words) specifying:
 The purpose
 The intended audience

 The context
ANALYSIS (18)
 Must not exceed 350 words
 Analyse sample from Reflection
 Should address any TWO of the following:
 Registers

 Dialectal variation
 Attitudes to Language

 Communicative Behaviours