Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education

Matabeleland North Province: Binga District

English Language

Level: O Level
COMPONENT: D
SYLLABUS TOPIC : DEBATE
CALA TITLE : INFORMATION COMMUNICATION AND
TECHNOLOGY (I.C.T) HAS BROUGHT MORE HARM THAN GOOD.
COMPETENCIES : CRITICAL THINKING, LISTENING SKILLS AND
SPEAKING SKILLS.

BACKGROUND
The advent of i.c.t has an impact in Binga district schools and in your local area in
everyday lives and in all spheres of life and businesses. The behavior of learners and locals
has been revolutionaries for the worst or better.

THE CALA
This CALA consists of two parts namely: part A and B.you are required to respond to both parts
of the CALA.
PART A
Carry out a research on the impact of i.c.t at your school and in your community. Making notice
on the positive and negatives effects.
PART B
Using the information researched, you are therefore required to debate on the impact of i.c.t. at
your school and in your community to your peers within three days using any styl of dbats.
CALA TIPS
You may consider the appropriate diction, clarity of key points, and confidence in your
presentation and appropriate application of paralinguistic features. You may also need to
consider practical elements associated with speaking to an audience such as: voice projections,
fluency and eye contact.
TEACHER CALA GUIDE
CALA A
LEARNING AREA : ENGLISH
LEVEL FORM 4
CALA TYPE ORAL
SYLLABUS TOPIC ORAL WORK
SYLLABUS TOPIC : DEBATE
CALA TITLE : INFORMATION COMMUNICATION AND
TECHNOLOGY (I.C.T) HAS BROUGHT MORE HARM THAN GOOD
COMPETENCIES : CRITICAL THINKING, LISTENING SKILLS AND
SPEAKING SKILLS.

BACKGROUND
The advent of i.c.t has an impact in Binga district schools and in your local area in everyday
lives and in all spheres of life and businesses. The behavior of learners and locals have been
revolutionalised for the worst of better.

DIMENSION/CRITERIA TO BE ASSESSED
A
RESEARCH SKILLS, DATA COLLECTION SKILLS AND COMPILATION OF SKILLS
B
APT USAGE OF PARALINGUISTIC FEATURES AND GESTURES
COMMUNICATION SKILLS, PRESENTATION SKILLS, FLUENCY AND VOICE
PROJECTION.
OBJECTIVES TO BE ACHIEVED
BY THE END OF THE CALA, PUPILS MUST BE ABLE TO
 RESEARCH ON THE IMPACT OF I.C. T IN BINGA DISTRICT SCHOOLS AND IN
THEIR LOCAL ENVIRONMENT USING ONE OR TWO RESEARCH
INSTRUMENTS
 GATHER RELAVANT AND APT DATA USING THEIR RESEARCH
INSTRUMENTS
 DEBATE AMONGST THEIR PEERS ON THE IMPACT OF I.C.T AT ZHOMBA
HIGH SCHOOL AND IN THEIR LOCAL ENVIRONMENT.
 COMMUNICATE FLUENTLY AND ELOQUENTLY.
CALA ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE
ASSESSMENT WILL BE DONE ON THE EVIDENCE OF:
 WELL RESEARCHED WORK USING ONE OR MORE INSTRUMENTS
 ACTUAL PRESENTATION OF DEBATE AMONDST THEIR PEERS AND
APPROPRIATE USAGE OF GESTURES AND APT DICTION
 CLEAR VOICE PROJECTION AND CLARITY OF KEY POINTS
MARKING GUIDE
Part A
 RESEARCH ON THE IMPACT OF I.C.T (10)
 USE INTERVIEWS AND QUESTIONAIRES AS RESEARCH INSTRUMENTS (5)

PART B (15)
 PRESENT YOUR DEBATE TO YOUR PEERS TAKING COGNICENCE
 PARALINGUISTIC FEATURES, (2)
 APT DICTION, (2)
 CLEAR VOICE PROJECTION,(5)
 CLARITY TO KEY POINTS (3)
 CONFIDENCE AND EYE CONTACT (3)
LEARNER CALA GUIDE
CALA COMPONENT D
LEARNING AREA ENGLISH LANGUAGE
LEVEL FORM 4
CALA TYPE ORAL
SYLLABUS TOPIC ORAL WORK PAGE 12
SYLLABUS SUBTOPIC : DEBATE
CALA TITLE : INFORMATION COMMUNICATION AND
TECHNOLOGY (I.C.T) HAS BROUGHT MORE HARM THAN GOOD
COMPETENCIES/SKILLS : CRITICAL THINKING, LISTENING SKILLS
AND SPEAKING SKILLS.

BACKGROUND
THE ADVENT OF I.C.T HAS AN IMPACT IN BINGA DISTRICT SCHOOLS AND IN
YOUR LOCAL AREA IN EVERY DAY LIVES AND IN ALL SPHERES OF LIFE AND
BUSINESSES.THE BEVAVIOUR OF LEARNERS AND LOCALS HAVE BEEN
REVOLUTIONALISED FOR THE WORST OR BETTER.
CALA DESCRIPTION: HOW YOU WILL BE ASSESSED
THIS CALA CONSISTS OF TWO PARTS NAMELY A AND B.YOU ARE REQUIRED TO
RESPOND TO BOTH PARTS OF THE CALA.THIS CALA IS MARKED OUT OF 30
PART A
 RESEARCH ON THE IMPACT OF I.C.T (10)
 USE INTERVIEWS AND QUESTIONAIRES AS RESEARCH INSTRUMENTS (5)

PART B (15)
PRESENT YOUR DEBATE TO YOUR PEERS TAKING COGNICENCE
PARALINGUISTIC FEATURES, (2)
APT DICTION, (2)
CLEAR VOICE PROJECTION,(5)
CLARITY OF KEY POINTS (3)
CONFIDENCE AND EYE CONTACT (3)
HOW YOU WILL BE ASSESSED?
MARKS WILL BE AWARDED FOR:
 THOROUGH EVIDENCE OF RESEARCH THROUGH OBSERVABLE
UTILISATION OF ONE OR TWO RESEARCH INSTRUMENTS
 PROPER COMPILATION OF RESEARCH MATERIALS
 CLARITY OF KEY POINTS
 APT DICTION PARALINGUISTIC FERATURES
 FLUENCY AND ELOQUENCY
 CONFIDENCE AND EYE CONTACT
CALA TIPS
YOU MAY CONSIDER THE APPROPRIATE DICTION, CLARITY OF KEY POINTS,
CONFIDENCE IN YOUR PRESENTATION AND APPROPRIATE APPLICATION OF
PARALINGUISTIC FEATURES.YOU MAY ALSO NEED TO CONSIDER PRACTICAL
ELEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH SPEAKING TO AN AUDIENCE SUCH AS: VOICE
PROJECTIONS, FLUENCY AND EYE CONTACT.
 ACHIEVEMENT STANDARD
SCHOOL NAME:
NAME: SURNAME: COMPONENT D:
DATE OF SUBMISSION: LEARNING AREA: ENGLISH LEVEL: FORM 4
TITLE: INFORMATION COMMUNICATION AND TECHNOLOGY HAS BROUGHT
MORE HARM THAN GOOD

DIMENSION EXCELLEN MAR GOOD MAR SATISFACTO MAR UNSATISFACTO M

S/ T K K RY K RY K
CRITERIA
15 15-10 9-7 6-3 2-0
Develop an Excellent Good Satisfactory Unsatisfactory
ability to research and research and development of research and
utilise communicati communicati research and communication
research on skills to on skills to communication skills to obtain to
skills and obtain obtain to skills to obtain to obtain manual
appropriate manual obtain obtain manual calculations and test
research calculations manual calculations and data
instruments and test data calculations test data
and test data
15 15-10 9-7 6-3 2-0
Develop Very strong More than Sufficient Unsatisfactory
debating capabilities sufficient capabilities in capabilities in
skills , apt in designing capabilities designing and designing and
diction and and in designing converting converting
paralinguistic converting and algorithms. algorithms.
features algorithms. converting
algorithms.
TOTAL