NZATE
New Zealand Association
for the Teaching of English
NZATE Internal Assessment Resource
AS90857 Construct and Deliver an Oral
Presentation
Internal Assessment Resource AS90857 / 1.6
Level 1 English – Construct and Deliver an Oral Presentation
Straight Talking
Credits: 3
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Teacher guidelines
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The following guidelines are supplied to enable teachers to carry out valid and consistent assessment
using this internal assessment resource.
Context/setting:
This task is designed to be an outline. Teachers will need to adapt and expand it for particular
contexts. Contexts could arise from any aspect of the year’s English programme or from a real life
situation. The following examples are suggestions only.
 A persuasive speech arising from a piece of formal writing.
 A seminar or discussion based on findings from the Information Literacy research.
 An oral re-telling of a piece of creative writing.
 An oral review based on a text read through a reading or viewing (for example a text used in
the Personal Reading / Connections standard).
 A speech to be presented at a celebratory occasion (for example a wedding, 18th birthday).
 A formal extended farewell
See the Conditions of Assessment Guidelines for other contexts.
Conditions:
The Conditions of Assessment Guidelines state that oral presentation tasks can be integrated with
other parts of the English programme. Wherever such integration between different parts of the
programme occurs, teachers must ensure that the work presented for assessment is developed
sufficiently in order to meet the criteria for the other standard.
 Context and topic should be discussed with and approved by the teacher.
 While work towards the standard will be carried out at school and at home, the teacher must
ensure authenticity through checkpoints and viewing of work.
 Presentations will be delivered during class time, to another audience, or recorded and
presented as an unedited DVD or video.
 Where two or more students construct and perform a presentation together, each student
must have a significant role in both the creation and presentation, to provide the sufficient
evidence needed for assessment of individual performance.
 As students develop their presentation, teachers can offer appropriate guidance (for example,
that ideas may need further development, or on the inclusion of oratorical techniques, or on
techniques to improve delivery such as pace, eye contact, and gestures).
 Teachers should consult the ‘Conditions of Assessment Guidelines’ for further comments on
good assessment practice, particularly with regard to offering feedback and teacher input.
Resource requirements:
Recording equipment: (e.g. video camera or cell phone) for appeal and moderation purposes.
Presentation equipment as required for delivery.
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NZATE
New Zealand Association
for the Teaching of English
NZATE Internal Assessment Resource
AS90857 Construct and Deliver an Oral
Presentation
Additional information:
It is possible to connect the assessment for this standard to the assessment of other internal
standards. Wherever such integration between different parts of the programme occurs, teachers
must ensure that the work presented for each assessment is developed sufficiently in order to meet
the criteria for each standard. In all such cases, teachers should refer closely to each relevant
standard including the Explanatory Notes and the Conditions of Assessment Guidelines.
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NZATE
NZATE Internal Assessment Resource
AS90857 Construct and Deliver an Oral
Presentation
New Zealand Association
for the Teaching of English
Internal Assessment Resource 90857 / 1.6
Level 1 English – Construct and Deliver an Oral Presentation
Straight Talking
Credits: 3
Achievement
 Develop and structure ideas
in an oral presentation.
 Use language/ presentation
features appropriate to
audience and purpose.
Achievement with Merit
 Develop and structure ideas
convincingly in an oral
presentation.
 Use language/ presentation
features appropriate to
audience and purpose with
control.
Achievement with
Excellence
 Develop and structure
ideas effectively in an oral
presentation.
 Use language/
presentation features
appropriate to audience
and purpose with control
to command attention.
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Student guidelines
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In this task, you will present an oral presentation of 3-5 minutes duration. You will discuss the topic,
purpose and audience for your presentation with your teacher. Your teacher will show you examples
of appropriate content, style and structure to suit your chosen topic, purpose and audience.
You will be assessed on how well you can:
• develop and structure your ideas.
• use language features appropriate to audience and purpose.
Develop and structure your ideas:
 this means that you need to build on a single idea by adding details or examples, linking that
idea to other ideas and details, and working towards a coherent, planned whole.
 for Merit, the development of your ideas and structure must be convincing which means
generally credible and connected.
 for Excellence, the development of your ideas and structure must be effective which means
compelling and integrated.
Using language features appropriate to your audience and purpose:
 this means using language features which are appropriate to the oral text.
 for Merit using language features with control means that techniques are deliberately selected
and linked to the intended purpose and audience.
 for Excellence this means your oral text will command attention through a confident and
sustained presentation.
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New Zealand Association
for the Teaching of English
NZATE Internal Assessment Resource
AS90857 Construct and Deliver an Oral
Presentation
Task one: Planning
The success of your final presentation will depend on how well you choose your topic and context,
and your initial planning.
 Your context and topic will be decided on through discussion with your teacher.
 Your plan might take the form of a list, a diagram or a mind map. Your teacher may provide you
with other possible forms for your plan.
 The plan should state your topic, your mode of presentation, your purpose and audience
(to entertain, persuade, instruct, and/or inform), your angle or approach. It will also need to include
your main idea, point or opinion; how you are going to support them and the order in which these
points will appear in your final presentation.
Task two: Research your mode of presentation
The ‘mode’ is the type of oral presentation you are giving (e.g. a welcome speech or an oral story). To
make your delivery effective you will need to find out about the conventions of this mode.
You will need to find engaging examples, look at what they have in common in terms of structure and
delivery techniques and decide what works, so that you can incorporate these techniques in your own
presentation.
Task three: Construction
Begin by thinking about the overall construction of your speech. You will need to consider the
opening, the middle and the end of your presentation.
Ask yourself:
 How do I capture the attention of my audience?
 How do I keep them interested?
 What do I want to leave them thinking or knowing?
As you consider each of these questions, make sure you incorporate elements from what you
discovered in Task 2 (e.g. conventions of your chosen mode).
Task four: Delivery
The effectiveness of your presentation will depend on your confidence and awareness of delivery
techniques. In order to develop this confidence you will need to rehearse your presentation numerous
times.
As you rehearse you will need to think about:
 stance
 body language – eye contact, facial expressions, gestures, movement
 voice – variations in pitch, intonation, volume, pace, pause
 appropriate and unobtrusive use of memory aids (e.g. cue cards, power point slides)
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AS90857 Construct and Deliver an Oral
Presentation
New Zealand Association
for the Teaching of English
Assessment schedule 90857 / 1.6
Level 1 English – Construct and Deliver an Oral Presentation
Straight Talking
Credits: 3
Achievement
Achievement with Merit
Achievement with Excellence
One oral presentation, of 3-5
minutes, is delivered to an
audience.
Develops and structures ideas in
an oral presentation by:
 clearly stating ideas which
could be based on information,
opinion, recounted
experiences or adaptions of
other texts.
 supporting those ideas with
explanation and detail.
 providing supporting evidence
for all main points.
 organising material
appropriately into definable
parts.
 following the conventions of
the particular mode of
presentation.
One oral presentation, of 3-5
minutes, is delivered to an
audience.
As for Achievement, plus:
Develops and structures ideas
convincingly in an oral
presentation by:
 developing ideas(s) by building
on a single idea, linking this to
other ideas and working
towards a coherent, planned
whole.
 offering ideas that are
informed, developed, realistic,
mature, often original.
 structuring the work clearly to
assist the development of
ideas in a way that is relevant
and credible.
Uses language features
appropriate to audience and
purpose by:
 using language that is
appropriate to audience and
purpose.
 using conventions appropriate
to mode of presentation (e.g.
rhetorical devices in a formal
speech).
 using a range of language
features (e.g. oratorical
devices, use of figurative
language and sound
devices)and presentation
techniques (e.g. stance, body
language, voice, use of
memory aids, presentation
features).
Uses language/presentation
features appropriate to audience
and purpose with control in an
oral presentation by:
 deliberate selection of
language features.
 language features and
presentation techniques are
generally linked to purpose
and audience in a credible
and connected way.
One oral presentation, of 3-5
minutes, is delivered to an
audience.
As for Merit, plus:
Develops and structures ideas
effectively in oral presentation by:
 effectively stating convincing
(persuasive and/or innovative)
idea(s).
 structuring ideas in a
compelling and integrated way
e.g. structure is linked to
ideas, purpose and audience.
 linking supporting ideas to
each other and to the main
idea.
 providing detailed supporting
evidence which is linked to
main ideas.
 structure may be
unconventional for effect.
Uses language/presentation
features appropriate to audience
and purpose with control and to
command attention in an oral
presentation by:
 deliberate selection of
language features (e.g.
oratorical devices, use of
figurative language and sound
devices) and presentation
techniques (e.g. stance, body
language, voice, use of
memory aids, presentation
features) to create effects.
 language features and
presentation techniques are
deliberately linked to purpose
and audience.
 in order to create effects the
student uses language features
and presentation techniques
eloquently.
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