A short guide to undertaking your CAPE Communication Studies Portfolio IA

1. COMMUNICATION STUDIES
PORTFOLIO ANALYSIS AND DEVELOPMENT

2. PORTFOLIO
 WRITTEN COMPONENT
 EXPOSITORY (ORAL) COMPONENT

3. PORTFOLIO – EXPOSITORY COMPONENT
 Social Research using any of the main research instruments i.e.
questionnaires, interviews, observation, documentation review, focus
groups etc.
 Compile facts
 Create ORAL PRESENTATION (MUST BE 6 to 8 minutes long)

4. EXPOSITORY PRESENTATION
INTRODUCTION:
 Salutations and Statement of THEME and TOPIC
 Background information on topic and Context
 Rationale for choosing topic
 Purpose of the presentation embedded in working thesis statement

5. EXPOSITORY PRESENTATION continued….
BODY OF PRESENTATION:
 Definition of key terms
 Discussion of issues related to the topic
 Challenges encountered in the research
 Evaluation and justification of research sources

6. EXPOSITORY PRESENTATION continued…
EVALUATION AND JUSTIFICATION OF SOURCES
 Source Reliability
 Source Validity
 Efficiency of research instruments
 The effect on research information and data

7. EXPOSITORY PRESENTATION continued…
CONCLUSION:
 Summary of main issues
 Recommendations and possible solutions (if necessary)

8. EXPOSITORY PRESENTATION continued…
ASSESSMENT (Based on a 16 mark Rubric)
 Discussion of Issues and challenges (5 marks)
 Evaluation and Justification of Research sources (4 marks)
 Organization and presentation (3 marks)
 Delivery – Clarity, audibility, eloquence, fluency, communicative behavior etc. (4
marks)

9. PORTFOLIO – WRITTEN COMPONENT
WRITTEN DOCUMENT CONSISTING OF THREE (3) SECTIONS:
 General Introduction
 Reflective Piece
 Analysis

10. WRITTEN COMPONENT
GENERAL INTRODUCTION:
 Statement of THEME and TOPIC
 PURPOSE for selecting THEME/TOPIC
 Treatment of THEME/TOPIC in the REFELCTIVE PIECE and EXPOSITORY
 How the THEME/TOPIC relates to your PERSONAL, ACADEMIC and FUTURE
WORK-RELATED interests.

11. WRITTEN COMPONENT
REFLECTIVE PIECE
 This is the CREATIVE section of the PORTOLIO
 You must choose one of the following literary genres (short story, play or poem)
 It must be no more than 800 words in length
 There must be a PREFECE of no more than 200 words

12. WRITTEN COMPONENT
PREFACE:
 Discuss CONTEXT – give brief description of the reflective by giving a synopsis of
the plot or content of the piece
 State the PUROSE – state why you chose to write this reflective piece (relate to the
overall purpose of the PORTFOLIO)
 Evaluate the INTENDED AUDIENCE – who is the piece targeting and why (Justify
audience from the GENERAL to a SPECIFIC)

13. WRITTEN COMPONENT continued
REFLECTIVE PIECE (14 marks)
 Creativity
 Originality
 Relevance to THEME/TOPIC
 Word limit 800 words

14. WRITTEN COMPONENT continued…
ANALYSIS (18 marks)
 An essay of 350 words
 Discusses the REFLECTIVE PIECE
 Areas analyzed and discussed are: registers, dialectal variation, communicative
behavior and attitudes to language