ASSIGNMENT
ASSESSMENT 2
 ASSESSMENT OVERVIEW
Key Assessment Information

 PURPOSE
The purpose of this assessment task is to:
1. Brainstorm your emerging theorised understanding of language acquisition and communication in early
childhood
2. Discuss these ideas with your peers in workshop groups and sketch an initial Mind Map
3. Produce a polished Mind Map, supported with referencing, which shows your emerging understanding
of language acquisition and communication
The unit learning outcome(s) assessed is/are:
LO2: Contextualise language, communication and the arts as complex social acts;
LO4: Make connections between place-based and First Nations perspectives,
Indigenous modes of expression, and languages, communication and the Arts.
 ASSESSMENT DETAILS
Mind Map of language acquisition and learning to communicate
Create a Mind Map expressing your emerging understanding of first and second language acquisition and how
children learn to communicate in various ways. Include consideration of First Nations Perspectives.
Working in groups in class, you will first develop and present a draft in class. Working alone after class, you will
then refine, complete and upload the Mind Map, together with a short (up to 300 words) written text explanation of
how the Mind Map captures your ideas.
INSTRUCTIONS
Follow the steps below:
ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
The following levels of criteria will be used to grade this assessment task:
Criterion 1: Mind Map development (30%)
Working in a small group in class, brainstorm your understanding of first and second language
acquisition. List your ideas. Identify references you could use, especially content from the unit.
Think about
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Now, working together, collate your ideas on paper and create a rough mind map of the grouping and
interconnectivity of concepts. You may produce more than one map if you have different ideas about
how to do it, but you must work together.
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Discuss your map in class in session 6 and take a photo of this for evidence of your thinking process.
Save the photos as a pdf to upload to drop box.
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Reconsider and adjust your draft Mind Map after session 6. Include thinking about Aboriginal
languages and First Nations perspectives. Include references to suitable academic sources from the
unit and your own research. You must include references to content in the unit.
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Use a mind mapping tool like MindMup (/content/mindmup/mindmup.html?ou=1783157) to render
a final mind map of your ideas. Use notes, colour coding and directional arrows/links. Logical
grouping and linking should be visible. Include citations and link to a reference list.
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Submit your photo of the first draft, your final mind map, your explanatory text, and your
reference list to the drop box.
The photo and mind map should be submitted as pdf files.
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Criterion 2: Mind Map content and connections (40%)
Criterion 3: Mind Map craftsmanship, clarity and referencing (30%)
Access the rubric Assessment 2: Assignment
(/d2l/common/dialogs/quickLink/quickLink.d2l?ou=1783157&type=rubric&rCode=VU-
9207642) for the full marking criteria.
SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
Please submit your completed assignment electronically via the Dropbox: Assessment 2:
Assignment (/d2l/common/dialogs/quickLink/quickLink.d2l?
ou=1783157&type=dropbox&rcode=VU-2569474)
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