Communication Studies Essay

This blog is for students of the Community College of St Vincent & the Grenadines who are to be entered for CAPE Communication Studies examination in May 2008. The blog contains in wee-weeation about the course syllabus, boldness and assignments as well as the course content. Wednesday, March 05, 2008The expository presentation for CAPE Communication Studies indispensable AssessmbliesThe presentation has two distinct parts* A FACTUAL presentation on an expectation of your portfolio al-Qaeda * A presentation about your research including an evaluation of two sources of information used to prepare your genuine presentation.It lead have all the following 6 elements present1. An introduction (statement of topic)In the introduction you will give a brief explanation of topic/ theme and a preview (with a dissertation statement) of what you are going to cover.For example.My theme is Returning Migrants to St Vincent. Returning migrants or returnees are a group deep down the populatio n of St Vincent who have spent a significant time away from the island and have then returned to for good settle again. Returning migrants often are retired from their previous occupation which they pursued in a much developed country such as the United States, Canada or great(p) Britain or they have been workings in another Caribbean state. According to statistics from the Customs Department given to me by Mrs B Chalres in an converse 4361 people claimed the concession for reversive residents in 2005. Returning migrants experience 5 phases of adjuststment when returning which can be termed as culture stupefaction.Theme Returning Migrants to St Vincent.a group within the population of St Vincenta significant time away from the islandreturned to permanently settle retired from their previous occupation (the United States, Canada or Great Britain) OR working in another Caribbean state.Customs Department (Mrs B Charles) 4361 people claimed the concession for returning residents in 2005.Returning migrants experience 5 phases of adjustmentwhen returning which can be termed as culture violate.2. A rationaleIn the rationale you need to explain why you picked the theme and it can form part of the introduction. In the rationale you should mention either personal interests, current academic links and forthcoming career plans which influenced your decision to choose the themeFor example I chose the theme returning migrants to St Vincent and specifically to focussing on culture shock be piss I am a wife of a returning migrant. I have a BSc honours in Sociology and the concept of culture shock is part of socio-cultural studies carried out by Kavelo Oberg 1958. In the future I will be submitting my Masters dissertation on this specific issue.3. parole of issuesThe discussion of issues is the factual presentation about the theme and its narrowed focus based on the thesis statement.It should have a distinct organisational pattern and you should aim for one of the expository structures such as cause and effect, process abbreviation, analysis by division, classification etc (See Writing in English)It should also be referenced and accommodate any research findings. You will also need to give a conclusion to your factual presentation as a sort of sub conclusion dont wait until the end present is an example of a possible outline for my example presentation (not all of it). It uses the organisational pattern of process analysis Remember you cannot read from a scriptCulture shock 5 phasesHoneymoon, rejection/ regression, conformist, assimilation, reverse culture shockHoneymoonCentre for Overseas Travel the tourist phaseQuestionnaire (300 returning migrants) 78% not olfactory sensation tourist 82% elatedRejectionOberg frustration etcQuestionnaire 50% wanted to return after 3 months,Reasons, ugly service, backward attitude, nothing to do, boring Interview Dr Sheridan Mental health presentations tend to be in beginning(a) 4 months of return.4. C hallenges of researchYou need to discuss what difficulties you faced in preparing your factual presentation. If you did not have any difficulties then just explain why.For example (in business line form)Questionnaires time consuming, identifying stress,Other sources no central selective information on returnees, newspaper articles useful Academic research not on St Vincent5. Evaluation of two sourcesFor this aspect of the presentation you need to discuss your research. The two sources need not necessarily be given as a reference in the presentation but they should be relevant. You should try to select two divergent types of data source e.g. a newpaper article and an interview. You may want to very briefly summarise all your sources before evaluating two for reliability and validity. Please see other parts of the blog for information on reliablity and validity.For example (in note form)Secondary sourcesacademic text books and journals,local and international newspapers and maga zines,web sites international human beings organisations e.g. Peace Corps general sites e.g. WikipediaPrimary sourcesinterviews of experts in St Vincentquestionnaire of returning migrants.Questionnaire of returning migrantsReliable primary data source, research method suited to collecting data for social research Valid Problem with sample size as total population of RMs unknown Problem with generalisation as differences between UK, US and other RMs more research needed. boilers suit reliable and reasonably validThe Experience of Return Migration A Caribbean Perspective, Joan Phillips and Reliable Denis Conway, Ashgate Press, London 2005 Author expert Phd Social Anthrop. Specialised Caribbean writer Canada Publisher reputable, specialst academic primary(prenominal) interest Social research Valid Recently published Problem no reference to St VincentOverall general but very reliable and valid source6. ConclusionThe conclusion should be around different to the internal summary conc lusion in your discussion of issues. At this stage you can announce a personal view or put forward a possible solution.For example (in note form)Returning migrantsYES culture shock3 waysHoneymoonRejectionConformistNO assimilationSolutions program promote overseas, keep in touch,Information governmentFINALLLYSee my other post about the reseach victimisation the internet for idea. Make sure that you are aware of the requirements for acceptable notes during the exam and be familiar with the tag scheme it is not only content that is marked but also presentation skills.