Oral Test
The oral exam (also oral test or viva voce; Rigorosum in German-speaking nations) is a practice in many schools and disciplines
in which an examiner poses questions to the student in spoken form. The student
has to answer the question in such a way as to demonstrate sufficient knowledge
of the subject to pass the exam. The oral exam also helps reduce (although it
does not eliminate) the risk
of granting a degree to
a candidate who has had the thesis or dissertation written by an expert.
Advantages:
1. It’s a better way of testing the
understanding of the content whereas conventional examinations are more geared
towards rote memorisation.
2. We are likely to gain a better idea
of who to look out for in the future.
3. It can be given anywhere and anytime
by adult who have some historical facts
4. It is less expensive compared to
other source of historical information such as books and museums. this is
because it does not need selling and buying of information
5. It does not need a person to know
how to read and write
6. It is possible to ask questions to
the oral informant so as to in-depth information
Disadvantages:
1. It takes a lot of time and manpower.
The class size for this module was about 80 which is very small, using 4
examiners it still took several days to complete this relatively small
assessment.
2. The lack of standardisation of
questions can lead to situations which may be perceived as unfair. For example
if a student does well in the core content then you may ask them about more
advanced or different, but related, topics. Another student may do poorly in
the core content but know a good deal about those extra topics for whatever
reason..
- Oral tradition does not go very far in the past. the transmission of information depend on the power of memories of successive generations
- Oral tradition does not maintain the same value of the oral history; instead the values keeps on changing as time goes
- Oral tradition may be biased. This is possible because of nature of transmission itself. oral transmission is full of exaggeration, creativity and sometimes the informant may talk of good things only.
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