Assessment Type 2: Interactive Study

For a 10‑credit subject, students complete either the interview or the discussion.

For a 20‑credit subject, students complete both the interview and the discussion.

Interview

Students (the interviewers) conduct an oral interview with one or more people about an issue or an aspect of cultural life. The interview must be conducted in English. The interviewee(s) must be from one of the following categories:

• a culture that is different from their own (e.g. Indian culture if the student is from a Polish culture)
• a generation that is different from their own (e.g. of their parents’ or grandparents’ ages; Aboriginal Elders)
• someone with expert knowledge of an issue (e.g. migration, preservation of historical monuments, globalisation, employment opportunities, internationalisation of English language, education options, intergenerational issues, nature of family, housing)
• someone with knowledge or experience of an aspect of cultural life (e.g. sport, politics, wildlife, conservation issues, agriculture, employment, geography, historical icons or events).

Students present the results of their interview in a written report. The written report should include:

• key findings of the interview
• reflection on the communication skills and strategies used in planning and conducting the interview, such as oral communication skills (e.g. pronunciation, initiating, sustaining, and concluding interactions, non‑verbal cues, understanding of politeness conventions, active listening strategies, and question design).

The written report should be a maximum of 600 words.

Discussion

Students choose an idea, opinion, or perspective that arises in at least two texts. The texts may be those studied in class, or those selected by individual students. Students individually present, explain, and discuss with their teacher and/or a small group of students the idea, opinion, or perspective they have studied with reference to the texts.

The teacher and/or other students ask open‑ended questions that require extended responses. The student leads the discussion, with an emphasis on the spontaneous use of language to give appropriate responses to the questions or comments of the teachers/other students.

Students may use presentation aids, including, for example, artefacts, graphs and charts, short video clips, a digital slideshow; and texts, including articles, cartoons, books, advertisements, photos, images.

Each student’s discussion is assessed separately. The student’s contribution to the discussion should be a maximum of 5 minutes.

For this assessment type, students provide evidence of their learning primarily in relation to the following assessment design criteria:

• communication
• comprehension
• application.