This document outlines the requirements for a communication studies portfolio consisting of written and oral components. The oral component involves social research and a 6-8 minute expository presentation discussing the research. The presentation should include an introduction, body, evaluation of sources, and conclusion. It will be assessed based on discussion of issues, evaluation of sources, organization, and delivery. The written component contains a general introduction, 800-word reflective piece in a literary genre related to the theme, and a 350-word analysis of the reflective piece discussing registers, dialects, communication, and language attitudes.

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

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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

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EVALUATION AND JUSTIFICATION OF SOURCES
 Source Reliability
 Source Validity
 Efficiency of research instruments
 The effect on research information and data

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CONCLUSION:
 Summary of main issues
 Recommendations and possible solutions (if necessary)

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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)

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REFLECTIVE PIECE (14 marks)
 Creativity
 Originality
 Relevance to THEME/TOPIC
 Word limit 800 words

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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