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CAPE Communication Studies

A full CAPE Communication Studies plan: the current paper format, a diagnostic, weekly essay and reading routines, all three modules in syllabus order, the internal assessment portfolio and oral, past papers, the mock and exam day.

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Then open the Marketplace in the app, search for CAPE Communication Studies, and click Install. It goes into your own files, and works offline from then on.

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📝 Caribbean School Exams

CAPE Communication Studies

Studying CAPE Communication Studies: gathering and processing information, language and community, speaking and writing, and the internal assessment portfolio.

  1. Communication Studies syllabus and paper format check
  2. Diagnostic Communication Studies paper and starting profile
  3. Communication Studies timetable to the exam sitting
  4. Past papers, mark schemes and subject reports pack
  5. Key terms glossary for all three modules
  6. Agreeing targets and portfolio dates with your teacher
  7. Communication Studies practice score log
  8. How Paper 02 essays are marked
  9. Weekly timed Paper 02 essay
  10. Paper 01 multiple choice drills
  11. Editorial and column analysis twice a week
  12. Language in the community notebook
  13. Error notebook from marked essays
  14. Monthly key terms quiz
  15. Study group essay swaps and peer marking
  16. Sunday Communication Studies check-in for parents
  17. Primary and secondary sources and their reliability
  18. Data collection by questionnaire, interview and observation
  19. Listening skills and barriers to listening
  20. Reading for main idea, purpose and tone
  21. Organisational strategies and language techniques in extracts
  22. Judging information from the internet and the media
  23. Writing the Module 1 extract essay
  24. Characteristics of human language
  25. How Caribbean languages came to be
  26. The Creole continuum and language varieties in the region
  27. Features of Caribbean Creole in sound, grammar and vocabulary
  28. Language attitudes and Caribbean identity survey
  29. Code-switching, code-mixing and register in daily speech
  30. Language and technology in Caribbean communication
  31. Writing the Module 2 essay on a language passage
  32. The communication process and its models
  33. Verbal and non-verbal communication
  34. Communication contexts and communication in organisations
  35. Choosing the right channel and medium
  36. Expository and persuasive writing and speaking
  37. Writing the Module 3 essay on a communication situation
  38. Portfolio theme and general introduction
  39. Original creative piece for the reflective section
  40. Analysis of the language in your creative piece
  41. Sources for the oral presentation and their evaluation
  42. Internal assessment oral presentation
  43. Final portfolio check and submission
  44. Paper 032 preparation for private candidates
  45. First full timed Communication Studies paper at home
  46. School mock exam and marked script review
  47. Final four weeks of Communication Studies revision
  48. Communication Studies exam day plan
  49. Teacher's model answer and marking bank
  50. Subject report patterns across five sittings

Where it starts.

Each project arrives with its purpose, milestones and first tasks written out. Here is how the first three read.

Communication Studies syllabus and paper format check

CXC revises its syllabuses, and the Communication Studies that an older sibling or a second-hand guide describes may not be the one you will sit. An hour with the current syllabus shows the three modules, what Paper 01, Paper 02 and the internal assessment each test, and how private candidates are assessed instead, so every later hour of practice rehearses the real exam.

First tasks

  • Check the current syllabus and timetable on the CXC website and note the paper format
  • List the three modules and their main topics on one page
  • Write what Paper 01, Paper 02 and the internal assessment each test
  • Note your Communication Studies exam date from the published timetable
  • Ask your teacher to confirm the summary is right

Diagnostic Communication Studies paper and starting profile

Before deciding where the year's effort goes, find out where marks are leaking. One recent past paper, written at home and marked against the mark scheme, shows whether the extract essay, the language question or the communication scenario costs you most, and whether the cause is missing terminology, thin examples or running out of time.

First tasks

  • Choose a recent past paper that matches the current format
  • Write Paper 01 and Paper 02 on two quiet afternoons in the same week
  • Mark the answers with the mark scheme or hand them to your teacher
  • Record your starting score and three weakest areas in your notes

Communication Studies timetable to the exam sitting

Squeezed between three or four other CAPE units and an internal assessment with its own school deadlines, Communication Studies gets pushed aside unless it has fixed slots. A timetable that counts back from the exam date, with the three modules, the portfolio checkpoints and the mock already placed, shows in one glance whether you are on track.

First tasks

  • Ask your teacher for the date of every internal assessment checkpoint
  • Write the exam date, portfolio deadlines and mock week on one calendar
  • Block out the weeks for each module and the final six weeks of revision
  • Choose two or three weekly study slots around your other CAPE units
  • Compare the timetable with what you have actually covered @recurring(monthly:3)

Make it yours.

Install CAPE Communication Studies, then tell Aurum the date you're aiming for. It checks whether the plan fits the weeks you actually have.

Free · Mac (Apple silicon) and Windows · v1.0.0 · Other platforms

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