Easily tailored to a variety of written and spoken genera, this task is ideally situated within a programmatic approach to assessment that exposes students to diverse writing and speaking styles throughout their program. Students construct a written 1500-2000 word written piece (in INDN3000 this takes the form of a creative short story) that is assessed for grammatical and stylistic proficiency. This is paired with an oral presentation (scheduled during class time) in which students recite their piece aloud and/or reflect on its salient themes, which may relate to course content. In the case of LOTE courses both tasks are completed in the language being taught. Although a portion of the overall mark is allocated for originality and creativity, this assessment is primarily designed to test students' compositional dexterity by focusing on emulating the selected genre. While students must adhere to stylistic requirements they are free to write on a topic of their choosing, thus offering a personalised approach to learning. This assessment works equally well in courses with unique disciplinary conventions (i.e. to teach discipline-specific skills), as well as those otherwise lacking in assessments that engage students in a variety of written/spoken genres (i.e. to encourage interest and creativity).
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