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talk Studies EssayThis 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 information about the course syllabus, administration and assignments as wellhead as the course content. Wednesday, March 05, 2008The expository introduction for CAPE Communication Studies Internal AssessmbliesThe presentation has deuce distinct parts* A FACTUAL presentation on an aspect of your portfolio theme * A presentation about your search including an evaluation of dickens beginnings of information used to prepare your genuine presentation. It will get down 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 thesis statement) of what you are sledding to cover.For example.My theme is reversive Migrants to St Vincent. travel migrants or returnees are a group wi thin the population of St Vincent who stick spent a significant term away from the island and have then returned to permanently settle again. Returning migrants often are retired from their previous occupation which they pursued in a more than developed arena such as the United States, Canada or Great Britain or they have been work in another(prenominal) Caribbean state. According to statistics from the Customs Department given to me by Mrs B Chalres in an interview 4361 people claimed the subsidisation for returning residents in 2005. Returning migrants experience 5 phases of ad undecomposedstment when returning which can be termed as shade shock.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 husbandry shock.2. A ruleIn the rationale you pauperisation to explain why you picked the theme and it can form part of the introduction. In the rationale you should mention any face-to-face interests, current academic links and succeeding(a) career plans which influenced your decisiveness to choose the themeFor example I chose the theme returning migrants to St Vincent and specifically to focus on finale shock because 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 thesis on this specific issue.3. Discussion 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 pa ttern and you should aim for one of the expository structures such as cause and effect, process outline, analysis by division, classification etc (See Writing in English)It should also be point of referenced and include any investigate findings. You will also need to give a conclusion to your factual presentation as a sort of sub conclusion dont wait until the endHere 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 convey from a scriptCulture shock 5 phasesHoneymoon, rejection/ regression, conformist, assimilation, reverse culture shockHoneymoon total for Overseas Travel the tourist phaseQuestionnaire (300 returning migrants) 78% not feel tourist 82% elatedRejectionOberg frustration etcQuestionnaire 50% wanted to return after 3 months,Reasons, poor service, backward attitude, naught to do, boring Interview Dr Sheridan Mental health presentations tend to be in 1st 4 month s of return.4. Challenges 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 product line form)Questionnaires time consuming, identifying sample,Other sources no central data on returnees, composition 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 alone they should be relevant. You should try to select two different 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 public organisations e.g. Peace army corps general sites e.g. WikipediaPrimary sourcesinterviews of experts in St Vincentquestionnaire of returning migrants.Questionnaire of returning migrantsReliable primary data source, research system 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. Overall reliable and reasonably validThe Experience of Return Migration A Caribbean Perspective, Joan Phillips and Reliable Denis Conway, Ashgate Press, capital of the United Kingdom 2005 Author expert Phd genial Anthrop. Specialised Caribbean writer Canada Publisher reputable, specialst academic main interest Social research Valid Recently published Problem no reference to St VincentOverall general but very reliable and valid source6. ConclusionThe conclusion should be slightly different to the inner summary conc lusion in your discussion of issues. At this stage you can express a personal view or put forward a possible solution.For example (in note form)Returning migrantsYES culture shock3 waysHoneymoonRejectionConformistNO assimilationSolutionsProgramme promote overseas, confine in touch,Information governmentFINALLLYSee my other post about the reseach using the internet for idea. pip sure that you are aware of the requirements for acceptable notes during the exam and be familiar with the marks scheme it is not only content that is marked but also presentation skills.