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Assignment 2 : Research Assignment

 

  This assignment will focus on comparative research. Our task is to apply the skills you have learned last semester in comparing similarities and contrasting differences to a specific business/trade that you will choose. This assignment aims to enable students to start on the road to becoming lifelong learners.

 

  Our task is to study 2 trade or businesses in the Klang Valley. You will need to focus your study on two examples of the same type of trade/business for your research i.e. two tailors or two barber shops in Kuala Lumpur or the Klang Valley. If time permits, you may choose to do ONE place somewhere else in Peninsula Malaysia (i.e: One barber shop in Penang, and one barber shop in the Klang Valley).

 

  We must also compare the same type of business in the Klang Valley. N.B. The businesses that you are studying must have been around for at least 1o-15 years.

 

This research assignment must be conducted through a combination of both primary sources i.e.

• Interviews

• Data obtained through questionnaires etc. on the site visit.

•  Identify the exact trade that will be the focus of our research.

•  Use secondary sources such as books, magazines, journals etc.

 

In addition to the research report, we are required to prepare to present the content of our report to a hypothetical audience. For this we will be required to use rhetorical strategies based on what has been covered in class. We will also be evaluated on your presentation skills which would have been taught last semester.