Expostion: The Art of Public Speaking

Discussion of Issues and Challenges

·   Has a current topic substantial knowledge of critical issues related to the topic and considerable appreciation of the challenges raised by the issues.  (5 marks)

·   Good knowledge & appreciation (4 marks)

·   Adequate knowledge & appreciation (3 marks)

·   Weak knowledge and appreciation (2 marks)

·   Little knowledge and appreciation (1 mark)

·   Not current, no knowledge  appreciation ( 0 mark)

Evaluation of the effect of source, context  and medium on the reliability of information  gathered

·   Excellent (4 marks)

·   Good (3 marks)

·   Unsatisfactory (1-2 marks)

·   No evaluation (0 mark) 

Organisation

· Introduction, logical sequence of ideas and conclusion ( 3 marks)

· Two of the elements above (2 marks)

· One element (1 mark)

No organ. (0 mark)

Delivery (Audibility, fluency, eye contact, body movement, and paralinguistic features such as pauses, throat clearing, pitch etc.

·  Clear, audible voice throughout, consistently fluent & confident, excellent paralinguistic control  (4 marks)

·  Generally speaks with clear, audible voice, mostly fluent and confident, with moderate paralinguistic control (3 marks)

·  Often speaks unclearly , hardly fluent/confident, limited paralinguistic control (2 marks)

·  Generally speaks unclearly, haltingly and uncertainly, no paralinguistic control (1 mark)

·  Does not deliver (0 mark)

Total: 16 marks