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Fair enough, Mark. I think it's always a struggle between wanting to make sure our students are not disadvantaged, and keeping a spirit of fairness, especially since the outline isn't uploaded. My students are finding the exemplars useful, but it...
Individual oral exemplar #4: Out of Africa and Remembering Babylon -
I think you’re probably right, Paul. As a department we have certainly put in restrictions to try and bring about more consistency and this example would not fall into them. Its aim however is to illustrate qualities in the oral that are possible...
Individual oral exemplar #4: Out of Africa and Remembering Babylon -
I counted and the outline is 500 words, not even including some of the abbreviations which stand for words or phrases.
Individual oral exemplar #4: Out of Africa and Remembering Babylon
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Could you clarify one point? Can a student use the same works and global issue for the mock IO and the final IO, as long as the extracts are different? My understanding is that this isn’t allowed.
Internal Assessment: the Individual Oral