Weaknesses

Strengths

Students have limited critical awareness of comparable media utilising SRIT to draw upon.

Students frequently and independently reflect on their interview technique/performance during the transcription and editing phase of the assignment.

Students start out with an inaccurate perception of difficulty of SRIT tasks.

The assignment activity helps to correct the perception of the student regarding the process of sound recording and interviewing.

Students are preoccupied with acquiring software skills.

The assignment provides opportunities for genuine experience of recording and interviewing, and potential exposure to the full range of challenges within SRIT.

Students do not adequately prepare for the interview.

The importance of preparation and practice was raised within the practitioner interview and highlighted in all the key texts.

In class: Preparatory guidance / demonstration only regarding the interview process with no opportunity to practice.

Students have difficulty using the recording equipment.

Recording equipment is demonstrated only. There is no student hands-on equipment operation in the class.

Limited equipment availability a contributory factor