Communication Studies Essay

This blog is for students of the Community College of St Vincent & the Grenadines who are to be entered for drape Communication Studies examination in May 2008. The blog contains information some the course syllabus, administration and assignments as well as the course content. Wednesday, marching music 05, 2008The expository introduction for CAPE Communication Studies Internal AssessmbliesThe display has cardinal distinct parts* A FACTUAL presentation on an expression of your portfolio motive * A presentation about your research including an evaluation of dickens offsets of information used to prepare your factual presentation.It result gain whole the following 6 elements present1. An introduction (statement of topic)In the introduction you exit give a brief explanation of topic/ theme and a preview (with a thesis statement) of what you are going to cover.For example.My theme is reversive Migrants to St Vincent. return migrants or returnees are a concourse within the race of St Vincent who piddle spent a signifi potbellyt time away from the island and have then returned to for good settle again. Returning migrants often are retired from their introductory occupation which they pursued in a more developed province such as the United States, Canada or Great Britain or they have been working in an other Caribbean state. According to statistics from the Customs Department given up to me by Mrs B Chalres in an interview 4361 mountain claimed the concession for reversive residents in 2005. Returning migrants experience 5 phases of adjuststment when reversive(a) which can be termed as culture 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 culture shock.2. A preceptIn the rationale you involve to explain why you picked the theme and it can form part of the introduction. In the rationale you should mention each ain interests, current donnish links and future career plans which influenced your decision to discern the themeFor example I chose the theme returning migrants to St Vincent and specifically to tenseness on culture shock because I am a married woman 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 pattern and you should aim for one of the expository structures such as cause and effect, process analysis, analysis by division, classification etc (See Writing in English)It should also be referenced and include 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 endHere is an example of a possible draught for my example presentation (not all of it). It uses the organisational pattern of process analysis consider you cannot read from a scriptCulture shock 5 phasesHoneymoon, rejection/ regression, conformist, assimilation, wind culture shockHoneymoonCentre for Overseas Travel the tourer phaseQuestionnaire (300 returning migrants) 78% not feel tourist 82% elatedRejectionOberg frustration etcQuestionnaire 50% wanted to return after 3 months,Reasons, poor service, backward attitude, nothing to do, boring Interview Dr Sheridan Mental wellness presentations tend to be in 1st 4 months of return.4. Challenges of researchYo u 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 note form)Questionnaires time consuming, identifying sample, otherwise sources no central data on returnees, newspaper articles useful donnish 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 notwithstanding 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(prenominal) briefly resume 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) alternative sourcesacademic text books and journals,local and international newspapers and magazines,web sites inter national commonplace 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 coat as total population of RMs unknown Problem with generalisation as differences between UK, US and other RMs more research needed. Overall unquestionable 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 Social Anthrop. Specialised Caribbean writer Canada Publisher reputable, specialst academic main interest Social research Valid Recently published Problem no reference to St VincentOverall general scarcely very reliable and valid source6. ConclusionThe conclusion should be about different to the internal summary conclusion 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, keep in touch,Information governmentFINALLLYSee my other post about the reseach using the internet for idea. annoy sure that you are aware of the requirements for acceptable notes during the exam and be known with the marks scheme it is not only content that is marked but also presentation skills.