I have videotaped student presentations (10th and 11th graders) for years. I have a grading sheet (which we discuss and which students have access to beforehand) that I use that evaluates content and delivery.  Under delivery are the following aspects:

Eye contact and use of notes

Poise and posture

Voice: articulation, volume, rate, tone, voice quality, and absence of up inflection

Language: vocab., pronunciation, grammar, syntax

 

Students come in their free time or after school to view the whole tape of their class.  To save time they view their own in entirety and a section of each of the others in real time and then can fast forward (while still viewing) the rest of their classmates. Fast-forwarding often accentuates excessive body motion.

Students can come with friends or alone to watch the tape.

 

They then fill out a videotape critique that has the following categories:

1.Aspects I particularly liked about my speech

Next time I would try to improve my presentation by...

2.Things I liked about others' speeches

Things I will try to avoid after seeing others' speeches

3.They also comment on the quality and effectiveness of any visual aids used.

"How well were the aids used within the context of the speeches?  What changes would you make the next time?"

 

I have always found students to be very supportive of one another.  The choice of viewing it alone or with friends is theirs.  I also find they are often more critical of themselves than I am.  I do not need to be present for the critiquing.  In fact, I think that my presence would create just the sense of humiliation you are fearing.

The exercise is a self-teacher!

 

Good luck!

Jane Saral
 

On 9/27/06, Alison Cochrane <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Herb you are correct as to my concern being cultural.  The majority of my population is Asian, and one of their greatest fears is being mocked.  I would work one-on-one with them so that it would only be the student and me who would have access to the tape. Is there another way I can use this assessment besides for work on pronunciation, sentence flow, etc.?

 

Thank you.

Alison

 

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