Question 7

P12: Evaluation of practice reading of script

How appropriate is my pace?

A: It is a good pace but slightly slow, might disengage listeners if it is targeting for a younger audience.

B: In general, I think your pace was appropriate, but not entirely so, because I felt that the beginning reading of the script had more than 3 words a second. However, towards the end, your pace slowed down to almost match the 3 words a second rule.

How appropriate is my tone for the news being presented?

A: Your tone is good, you do not sound monotone, and rather you sound passionate about what you are talking about

B: I think your tone was appropriate for the news being presented, as the news that you presented surrounded knife crime and your tone was serious, which enabled you to suit the tone of the story.

Would you stop and listen to my story? Why?

A: Yes I would because knife crime is an important issue in every society and is newsworthy.

B: Yes I would stop and listen to your story, because I as a teenager living in London also feel strongly about knife crime in London, so there is proximity.

What are the best points or what do you like about my report?

A: The best point about your report is stating that knife crime is on the rise. This makes it more reliable

B: I like the fact that you included the problem of knife crime, but you also included organizations that aim to tackle knife crime in your report, thus this balances out your report and gives listeners and idea where they can go to if they also feel strongly about knife crime.

What improvements could be made on my report?

A: You could just improve by speeding up the pace, other than that everything is perfect!

B: I believe that, on the whole your report was great, but I would suggest you practice more to meet the 3 words a second rule.

Response A

Response B

P12: Practice reading of script

P11: Contingency Plan: Update

In my contingency plan, I had decided to contact a police officer or Mr Jordan (sixth form leader of Central Foundation Girls school sixth form), interview either one of them and input their response in my script. However, as I was making my script I realized that I had enough content from my research and The Ben Kinsella Trust charity (who I had contacted and collected information from) to create my report and thus my script. Therefore, I realized that I did not need to contact a police officer or Mr Jordan for more information to create my report.