Week 4 Report
What is the problem?
What is the problem?
- NUS students are not as daring to give comments and in articulating their ideas across as compared to SMU students.
What is the purpose?
- How could the quality of NUS students’ oral communication be improved.
- Convince NUS to take up the programmes (New curriculum) suggested
What are the questions?
- How could the quality of NUS students’ oral communication be improved.
- How should NUS curriculum be changed to facilitate better oral communication skills?
- What the areas students are weak in? (Pacing, Pronounciation, language)
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Presentation Skills
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Interviewing Skills
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Analytical Skills
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Confidence Skills
- How are the existing courses facilitating oral communication?
- For courses that don’t facilitate students oral communication, is there a way for it to be re-configured. (Engineering Courses a component that require them to take presentation)
- Different oral aspect, sieve out the courses that could help
- Should we have oral communication examinable?
Outline
Introduction --> Background --> PPQ --> Findings --> Recommendations --> Conclusion.
For the purpose, it is suggested that you form a one-liner sentence to be clear and concise. E.g. To recommend change in CELC curriculum to improve NUS students' oral communication skills.
ReplyDeleteAs for the questions to be answered, I feel that it is good that you have most of the points there. However, I would suggest that you reorganise them to make the ideas flow when you are drafting your report. (Points 1 and 2 are somewhat redundant; they should be your purpose and focus but not questions to be answered.
Additionally, some are duplicate points. E.g. 'How are the existing courses facilitating oral communication?' is similar to 'How is oral communication and training taking place in NUS at the present moment?'.
My opinion is to have the main questions to narrow your scope and as a guide to keep you on track. The rest is good to go. :)
Regards,
Wei Ni
Thanks Wei Ni (:
ReplyDeleteHello!
ReplyDeleteYou have included 3 problems relating to this issue. I think it would be good if you reduce the number of problems and focus on one or two problems.
Also, you may want to change the phrasing of your purpose to "To improve the quality of NUS students’ oral communication."
Your outline is very concise and remember to include the sub-sections if possible.
:)
Ok thanks liquan (:
ReplyDeleteHello Sarah!
ReplyDeleteFirstly for the problem statement, I think it might not be accurate to generalize that graduates do not have the courage to speak up, there may be other factors too.
Anyway good to zoom into the different skills that we can focus on (e.g. interview skills, presentation skills).
Good job done in general! All the best!