This response requires students to use written language to communicate ideas and information to readers for a particular purpose. A written response may be supported by references or, where appropriate, data, tables, flow charts or diagrams. Examples include: articles for magazines or journals reviews, e.g. literature, film reports essays, e.g. analytical, persuasive/argumentative, informative. Spoken response This response requires students to use spoken language to communicate and information to a live or virtual audience (that is, through the use of technology) for a particular purpose. Examples include: oral presentations debates interviews podcasts seminars. Multimodal response This response requires students to use a combination of at least two modes delivered at the same time to communicate ideas and information to a live or virtual audience for a particular purpose. The selected modes are integrated to allow both modes to contribute significantly to the multimodal response. Modes include: written spoken/signed nonverbal, e.g. physical, visual, auditory. Examples include: digital presentations vodcasts seminars webinars. A variety of technologies may be used in the creation or presentation of the response. Replication of a written document into an electronic or digital format does not constitute a multimodal response. When making judgments about multimodal responses, teachers apply the standards to the entire response, i.e. to all modes used to communicate the response. Assessment conditions Semesters 1–2 Semesters 3–4 Written 500–800 words 600–1000 words Spoken 2–4 minutes 3–4 minutes Multimodal 3–5 minutes 4–7 minutes Further guidance
This response requires students to use written language to communicate ideas and information to readers for a particular purpose. A written response may be supported by references or, where appropriate, data, tables, flow charts or diagrams. Examples include: articles for magazines or journals reviews, e.g. literature, film reports essays, e.g. analytical, persuasive/argumentative, informative. Spoken response This response requires students to use spoken language to communicate and information to a live or virtual audience (that is, through the use of technology) for a particular purpose. Examples include: oral presentations debates interviews podcasts seminars. Multimodal response This response requires students to use a combination of at least two modes delivered at the same time to communicate ideas and information to a live or virtual audience for a particular purpose. The selected modes are integrated to allow both modes to contribute significantly to the multimodal response. Modes include: written spoken/signed nonverbal, e.g. physical, visual, auditory. Examples include: digital presentations vodcasts seminars webinars. A variety of technologies may be used in the creation or presentation of the response. Replication of a written document into an electronic or digital format does not constitute a multimodal response. When making judgments about multimodal responses, teachers apply the standards to the entire response, i.e. to all modes used to communicate the response. Assessment conditions Semesters 1–2 Semesters 3–4 Written 500–800 words 600–1000 words Spoken 2–4 minutes 3–4 minutes Multimodal 3–5 minutes 4–7 minutes Further guidance