Introduction
Tasks
Applications
Research Guidelines
Evaluation
Bibliography
Interviews
Historical Recounts
Time lines
Explanation Text
The purpose of this page is to help Develop research techniques, and show the guidelines/structure
of how to perform these important tasks.
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An interview is a series of questions and answers. It can be in the form of a recount.
The interviewer (person asking the questions) asks the interviewee (person being interviewed)
to recount events. A good interviewer asks open-ended questions
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Historical recounts |
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A historical recount retells events from the past. It entails usually the following structure: Orientation. This section introduces the audience to the particular time in history that will be the subject of the recount Retelling of events. A series of sentences or paragraphs, in chronological order that retell what happened Conclusion. A statement that indicates the end of the historical recount. Some comment could be made about the significance of the events. |
Constructing a Time line |
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A timeline is a chronological order of events eg
1901 1 January Federation-The commonwealth of Australia was created 1914-1918 World War 1 1929 24 October Wall Street crash 1932 19 March Opening of Sydney Harbour Bridge 1939-1945 World war 11 1951 ANZUS agreement between Australia , New Zealand and the United States |
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Explanation Text |
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| An explanation tells how or why something occurred. It includes the following structure: · an introductory paragraph that describes the topic · a series of paragraphs that explain why the event occurred · a conclusion that signals the end of the explanation The language features usually found in an explanation text ,relate to words such as: · as the result of · caused by · because of · an effect of · led to |
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