Grade 12: Informational Communication

This sub-organizer contains the following sections:
Prescribed Learning Outcomes
Suggested Instructional Strategies
Suggested Assessment Strategies
Recommended Learning Resources

Prescribed Learning Outcomes

It is expected that students will:

research, analyse, and use relevant information from several sources on a chosen topic to complete authentic tasks

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Suggested Instructional Strategies

At this level, many students are able to locate needed information and use resources effectively.

Have students conduct research to find community organizations offering services in Punjabi (e.g., day-care centres, senior citizens' organizations, hospitals, immigrant service agencies, elementary schools offering Punjabi language instruction to younger students). They could also identify organizations that might provide them with Work Experience opportunities. Sources of information might include community news-paper ads, personal referrals, community directories, and so forth.
Invite students to pool their research into a single class "data bank." Students can then go through the data bank, identify the work opportunities that interest them, and prepare short written or oral statements explaining why.

This activity can be extended using the activities suggested under the Interpersonal Communication organizer; ask the school's Work Experience co-ordinator for assistance.

Suggested Assessment Strategies

During Punjabi 12, students should use a wide variety of resources (print, media, and people) to deal with formal research assignments and their day-to-day information needs. Most students should be able to convey clear and detailed information both orally and in writing. Relevant visuals can support their presentations.

Before students begin working on research assignments, discuss key features or criteria for successful work. For example, discussion might focus on the following general criteria in several different research assignments:
- information is complete, accurate, relevant, and detailed
- presentation (oral or written) is clear and comprehensible
- information is well organized and easy to follow
- information is based on a variety of appropriate resources
When students research community organizations, assessment might be based on specific evidence that they have:
- used their language skills to work with a variety of different types of resources (i.e., print, people, media)
- shown resourcefulness and perseverance in locating information
- offered relevant, detailed reasons for their placement preferences
- made individual contributions of concrete information to the data bank

Recommended Learning Resources

Print Material

G. C. S. E. Panjabi
Oxford Picture Dictionary English-Punjabi
Punjabi-English Dictionary
Sachittar Primary Punjabi Kosh (with Sentences)
Simple Punjabi Grammar

Revised: January 26, 1999

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