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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 -
This outline is 407 words or about 3 to 4 minutes of spoken content freely available on the page. If this is what is acceptable, then I need to change my advice to my students, because we have told them to stick to one or two lines maximum for...
Individual oral exemplar #6: Heart of Darkness and Season of Migration to the North
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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