Practical/Internal Assessment and Portfolio
What this domain tests
The practical/internal assessment checks applied skills: a receptive task, an expressive task, a short conversation, and a portfolio or viva. The portfolio shows progress, not just a final performance.
Core rules and concepts
- Typical components: self-introduction, vocabulary demonstration, question-and-answer, short narrative, and reflection.
- Portfolio evidence: video samples, glossed transcripts, vocabulary log, cultural reflection, and self-assessment.
- Assessors look at handshape, location, movement, orientation, NMF, grammar, fluency, comprehension, and interaction.
- Record in good light with a plain background; frame hands, face, and upper body.
- Get consent before recording others; keep files private.
Worked example
Portfolio entry: a one-minute self-introduction. Reasoning: record a first version. Gloss it, for example ME NAME R-A-M-E-S-H, ME STUDENT, ME LIVE G-U-W-A-H-A-T-I. Mark three errors: an unclear double letter, late NMF on a question, and a dropped referent. Re-record after practice and add a short written reflection. The reasoning: the rubric rewards progress and analysis, not only a polished final take.
Traps that cost marks
- Building the portfolio the night before.
- Including only perfect videos with no reflection.
- Poor framing that cuts off hands or face.
- Copying another student's reflection.
- No gloss or captions, so the assessor cannot follow your intent.