: LINK TASKS   
Link Task 3
Approach: Team
Resources: Four copies of a play script.
Description: The teacher introduced the play to the team with a short synopsis. The team practised reading the play together once, then performed it in front of the teacher. Students were told to try to make the play interesting and realistic.

% responses
y4

Expressiveness and oral dramatisation

strong
moderate
weak

30
55
15

Continuity and timing

strong
moderate
weak

56
37
7

Fluency within individual speeches

strong
moderate
weak

33
55
12

Reading accuracy

strong
moderate
weak

53
42
5

Speech clarity

strong
moderate
weak

60
36
4

 

Link Task 4
Approach: Team
Resources: Four copies of a play script.
Description: The teacher introduced the play to the team with a short synopsis. The team practised reading the play together once, then performed it in front of the teacher. Students were told to try to make the play interesting and realistic.

% responses
y8

Expressiveness and oral dramatisation

strong
moderate
weak

29
56
15

Continuity and timing

strong
moderate
weak

64
31
5

Fluency within individual speeches

strong
moderate
weak

40
48
12

Reading accuracy

strong
moderate
weak

45
48
7

Speech clarity

strong
moderate
weak

63
32
5
Commentary: The focus of this play reading task was on the oral presentation and dramatisation of written scripts. The same procedures and instructions applied to the year 4 and year 8 versions of these matching tasks, but the play scripts were different. The results show little difference in performance between year 4 and year 8.

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