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Oral vivas in final year assessment

Oral vivas in final year assessment. Trevor Simper Senior Lecturer SBS ext: 3978 t.simper@shu.ac.uk. Why?. 30 minutes speaking = 3 hours writing? students positive comments about the 'reality and relevancy' employability/interview/presentation skills.

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Oral vivas in final year assessment

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  1. Oral vivas in final year assessment Trevor Simper Senior Lecturer SBS ext: 3978 t.simper@shu.ac.uk

  2. Why? • 30 minutes speaking = 3 hours writing? • students positive comments about the 'reality and relevancy' • employability/interview/presentation skills

  3. Comparison of oral viva with written exam • http://www.academicjournals.org/err/abstracts/abstract2010/Aug/Simper.htm

  4. How we train the students for the viva • regular practice sessions with feedback on performance • on a scale from 1 to 10... • use observer/client/professional scenarios

  5. What's good? • impact on students • potential for employability • how they see the relevancy of this assessment

  6. Challenges • takes two days (and two tutors) to run the assessment • i.e. to run the vivas and then make a review of recordings for second marking • more anxiety provoking?

  7. Comments from the students, comparing written to oral assessments • 'you are not going to meet an employer and say: here's an essay!' • 'It's a much more life-like situation' • 'There is someone to talk back at you- in a written paper if you don't know it- you just sit there, but here you prompt me that's a lot better'

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