Presentation Assessment Criteria


Consider the following criteria before making your presentation:


1. Organisation       - preparedness

                                   - logical sequence                - introduction

- purpose statement

- sign-posting language

- key points

- conclusion

- closure

-                     timing



2. Content    - topic coverage                               - relevant to humanities and social


sciences

- informative

- understandable

- interesting

- entertaining


3. Language                        - appropriate to audience - explanation of jargon

-   voice   -  speed

-  volume

-  clarity

-  intonation

- grammatical accuracy

- correct pronunciation of key words


4. Body language - eye contact ( with the whole class, not only the teacher)

- good use of notes; not reading large parts of the presentation

- stance, enthusiasm



5. Visuals     - appropriate

- supportive

- clear



6. Questions               - handling of the discussion

   - clear, appropriate responses



7. Sources   - reliability

                        - bibliography format



Bibliography Format Examples:


BOOKS:

author – title – place of  publication – publisher – year of publication – pages

Author (surname first). Title (underlined or in italics). Place: Publisher, year, pages.

Gellner, Ernest. Thought and Change. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1964, pp. 6-8.


JOURNAL ARTICLES:

author – title of the article – full title of the journal – volume number – issue number – year of
publication – pages

Marotta, Emanuel: ‘Europol’s Role in Anti-Terrorism Policing’, Terrorism and Political Violence,
11/4, 1999, pp.15-18.


INTERNET:

author – title of the work – the Internet address – date of viewing– page

Linz, J.J. and Montero, J.R.: The Party Systems of Spain: Old Cleavages and New Challenges,
http://www.mk.gov.es/researchpapers/no405.htm, viewed: 05/06/2003, p. 2.