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Course overview
“Assessing Organisation, Cohesion and Discourse Control” is a practical 4-hour CPD session focused on the design and evidence-based assessment of written performance. Participants work with guided examples, shared criteria and applied tasks so that the session translates directly into more consistent professional practice.
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Course objectives
- Relate writing tasks and rating criteria to the intended construct.
- Distinguish key features of performance across relevant proficiency levels.
- Improve consistency through guided marking and standardisation.
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Learning outcomes
- Analyse a writing task and its expected evidence.
- Apply rating criteria to authentic or representative scripts.
- Reach and justify a defensible marking decision.
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Course procedures
The session combines a concise technical briefing with facilitated discussion, guided analysis of representative materials and a practical application task. Activities can be adapted to the participating organisation's context while preserving the published learning outcomes.
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Assessment and completion
Completion is evidenced through active participation and an applied task or structured reflection checked against the session outcomes. A verifiable Certiqual CPD certificate is issued only when the completion requirements are met.