Details of the work which you are required to make good are shown below: PART 1: RESEARCH PROPOSAL (PRESENTATION) You are to design a research project. The project needs to be feasible and, although it doesn’t necessarily have to be feasible for a group of students to do, it would be a good idea to keep it simple as practice for putting together your dissertation proposal. There will be not be additional marks for large-scale projects and these will probably be much harder to do properly. You do not actually have to carry out the research project, just design it! This task asks you a power point presentation (10-20 slides) that documents the core aspects of your proposed research project. In the presentation you need to: 1. Identify and explain the aims of your research project. These may be questions but they don’t need to be. However, they should identify what exactly you are investigating. There will be typically 2-4 aims per project. 2. Discuss your chosen method(s) for doing the research. You need to explain i) what your research method or method(s) are; ii) how these methods will enable you to investigate these aims and your reasons for choosing them. 3. Explain the potential problems with your methodology for your chosen project. What else do I need to know about the presentation? 1. You need to produce a handout to accompany the presentation slides. The handout should identify your research aims, an overview of your methodology and a bibliography of the reading that has informed your presentation. This should be 1-2 sides, might be typically 400 words (although bibliographies might push it higher) and should not simply be your power point slides. 2. As with other assessments, when using other peoples’ words, you must use quotations marks or tell us when you are quoting material. But do put ideas in your own words too to show your understanding. PART 2: REVIEW ESSAY (50%) This task asks you to select a reference (a book chapter, a journal article or a monograph) that DIRECTLY relates to the topic of the research project you did a presentation on. Each of the group members is asked to write an individual 1000-word long critical review of the chosen source by (a) examining the methodology applied and (b) proposing an alternative methodological framework to engage with the same object of research. In your review essay, you need to 4. Identify and explain very briefly the aims and objectives of the chosen reference. 5. Discuss critically the chosen piece’s methodology. You need to explain i) what the research method or method(s) are; ii) how these methods are being applied and justified to investigate the aims stated; and iii) in what way this piece contributed to your group project. 6. Explain the potential advantages, problems and weaknesses of the methodology proposed by your chosen piece. 7. Propose an alternative methodological framework that would respond to the same research question and object. Mention briefly potential strength and weaknesses of your proposed alternative. What else do I need to know about the essay? 3. You will work individually and be assessed individually. However, you chosen reference should directly address the topic of your presentation. 4. Each member MUST select a different source to review. Please make sure that you don’t work on the same piece. 5. The word limit is 1000 but you are allowed to go above and below 10%. So the length of the piece should be 900-1100 words (excluding bibliography and footnotes).
this is a copy of the email that my tutor sent to me Thanks for your message. The instructions are very clear about the referrals for MCLT202 so 10 slides are fine for the presentation task.
do have a look at the previous lecture slides available on NOW (especially the first two lectures on textual analysis if you would like to see examples of how to identify a project topic and research questions). That would help you narrow down the topic you suggested and come up with one or more case studies for your proposal.
Also, do not forget the 1000-word review essay, which is the second part of the assessment. Details should be in the instructions as well.
lastly, i will be uploading two of my lecture slides. and an example of a past essay review.
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