Viva Voce

The Viva Voce must last 20 minutes.
Please use the Viva Voce guiding questions.
When preparing the guiding questions, think about what might be weak in the student's Extended Essay. If the student expands on this in the Viva Voce it becomes an option to write about in your Supervisor comments and may assist in the awarded level for Criterion E.
There should be an audience for your student's Viva Voce. This includes their parents, teachers, members of the standardization group who will be awarding levels to the paper, Grade 11 students who will be producing an Extended Essay in the same subject, or others.
The Viva Voce must take place prior to the standardization of the student's Extended Essay. This is because the awarded level for Criterion E and your comment must include the Viva Voce.

Viva Voce Preparation Questions

Student Name:

Subject:

Research Question:

Some Typical Questions for the VIVA VOCE

General Questions

•Why did you decide on this particular research question

你是怎么决定这个创作主题的？

•What did you find to be the most interesting aspect of your research?

在你的创作中，哪方面是最有意思的？

•How did your thinking about this topic develop as you went through this research process?

在你整个创作过程中，你对这个话题的发展有什么看法？

•Now that you have completed the essay, which part of the process would you say you enjoyed the most and why?

现在你完成了整个论文的写作，你觉得你最享受哪个部分？为什么？

•Where there any surprises along the way? What did you learn from this?

在你整个创作过程中，让你惊讶的部分是什么？你从中学到了什么？

•How have you developed as a researcher having gone through this process?

作为创作者，在创作过程中你学到了什么？

Some Typical Questions for the VIVA VOCE

Research Context

•You refer to … as a key influence on your research – can you summarize the particular relevance of their work?

你偏向。。。对你创作有主要的影响—你可以总结一下相关的内容吗？

•What developments have there been in this field (topic) since you began your essay?
自你开始撰写论文以来，该领域（主题）有什么发展？

•You make only a passing reference to … - why do you think that is less relevant than the others you have given more priority to?

你仅对...进行了顺带提及-为什么你认为这与你已被优先考虑的其他问题无关？

•You do not say much about …in your essay – can you explain why you did not focus more on that?

你在文章中没有说太多……你能解释为什么你不更专注于此吗？

Some Typical Questions for the VIVA VOCE

General Questions

•Did you have any problems with the data collection process?

•你在数据收集过程中是否遇到任何问题？

•How well did your methodology work in reality?

你的方法论在现实中表现如何？

•What were the main ethical issues or considerations when conducting your research?

进行研究时，主要的道德问题或考虑因素是什么？

•How did you establish the limits around the scope of your data collection?

你如何在数据收集范围内建立限制？

Some Typical Questions for the VIVA VOCE

Analysis and Findings

•Can you talk me through your methods of analysis?

你能说说我的分析方法吗？

•Did you encounter any problems with applying these methods of analysis?

使用这些分析方法是否遇到任何问题？

•Do you think the data you collected were the most appropriate to answer your research question or are there any other data you would like to have collected?

你认为你收集的数据最适合回答你的研究问题，还是你想收集其他任何数据？

•Can you describe your main findings in a few sentences?

你能否用几句话描述你的主要发现？

Some Typical Questions for the VIVA VOCE

General Questions

•You interpret these findings as … but do you think there could be an argument for interpreting them as … instead?

你将这些发现解释为…，但是你认为是否有理由将其解释为…？

•You said in your essay that … - can you expand on that point?

你在文章中说……-你可以在这一点上扩展吗？

•In what ways do you consider your essay to be original?

你认为你的论文是原创的吗？

•If you are starting your research again now, are there any changes in the way you would plan it?

如果你现在再次开始研究，计划的方式是否有任何变化？

•You interpret these findings as … but do you think there could be an argument for interpreting them as … instead?

你将这些发现解释为…，但是你认为是否有理由将其解释为…？

Some Typical Questions for the VIVA VOCE

Conclusions/Implications

•What are the empirical and theoretical implications of your findings?

你的发现对经验和理论有何影响？

•How would you hope that this research could be followed up and taken further?

你如何希望这项研究能够得到跟进和进一步发展？

•What does success mean to you in the process of producing your EE?

在产生EE的过程中，成功对你意味着什么？

•Are there any new or unanswered questions that emerged as a result of your research?

你的研究结果是否出现新的或未解决的问题？

•What advice would you give to next year ’s students who have yet to write their EE?

你会给尚未写EE的明年学生有什么建议？