Write an abstract for the presentation to attract an audience of non- specialists to watch your presentation.

Contemporary Global Issues 3: Abstract

 

Task:                          Write an abstract for the presentation that you will be giving in week

  1. The purpose of the abstract is to attract an audience of non-

specialists to watch your presentation.

 

Word Length:                       250 words

 

Instructions:            The 4 elements required in an abstract should be explicit in your text:

  1. Background to the issue (why is this issue important or interesting?)
  2. Research/methodology (what research did you do in order to find out about this issue?)
  3. Results (what did you learn about this issue from your research?)
  4. Conclusions/implications (how significant is this research?)

 

You will need to state the aim of your presentation clearly.

 

You do not need to include in-text references (citations) or quotes, but a reference list is required at the end so that your tutor knows which texts you have read. You should use a minimum of 3 sources.

 

The list of references for the abstract should be the same as those for your presentation, apart from any which refer to pictures/graphs/charts which you used in your presentation.

 

Reflection (submit one reflection to cover both the presentation and abstract, but this will be 10% of the presentation mark only)

There is no specified word limit for the reflection task, (but approximately 500 words). On completion of your abstract AND presentation, you should write a reflection on how easy/difficult you found it, (ie. What did you think were your strengths and weaknesses?) which skills you feel were tested, and what you think you need to work on to make this type of task easier in future. You should submit this within 24 hours of completing the presentation via the Turnitin tool in the Assessment area of Minerva.

 

This abstract is worth 10% of your mark for this module

 

Please refer to the assessment criteria on Minerva.

Submission Instructions:

 

You should complete and attach a Cover Sheet to the front of your Abstract, which is on Minerva in the ‘Assessment’ area.

 

You must submit an electronic copy of your essay via Turnitin in the ‘Submit my work’ tab of the ELU0036 area on Minerva.

You should submit one reflection covering both the abstract and presentation tasks via Turnitin in the ‘Submit my work’ area of Minerva within 24 hours of giving your presentation.