task 4 eac bulletin

BBB 2000 | ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC COMMUNICATION | SEM 1 2015/2016

1 HNI & HAH| BBB2000 EAC BULLETIN | SEM 1 20152016

TASK 4 EAC BULLETIN (20%)

As the crew of the famous EAC Bulletin team, you have been assigned to a new task

that requires you and your team to report on one of the current issues occurring

around. With 4 other crew members (5 members including yourself), choose one issue

to be covered in EAC Bulletin. The duration of your story must be within 10 to 15

minutes.

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Divide your story into 3 parts:

a. Introduction - Attention getter and reveal of the issue.

b. Content - Interviews, music, pictures, videos, subtitles and other

relevant details.

c. Conclusion - Summary of the issue and suggestions/recommendations.

2. You may use the template provided on page 3 to help design your task. However, you

are not required to submit it to the instructor.

3. Conduct at least THREE interviews with related individuals. Identify the interviewees.

e.g. authority, victims, affected person, public etc.

4. Pose sufficient number of questions (minimum of 5 questions) and ask relevant

questions to the interviewees. Make sure that your questions can bring out important

answers and valuable information for your viewers.

Note: You may refer the notes in Unit 7.

5. All interview questions MUST be posed in English. Make sure that the format of the

questions is correct. Your questions must be open-ended and not yes/no questions.

Note: If your interviewees do not understand English, ask twice, once in English and again in

BM or your mother tongue.



6. State the interviewees’ names and positions/roles during their appearances.

e.g. Mr. Rashid Anwar, Police Officer

Miss Shakila, English Teacher

Mr Musa, Flood Victim

Ali, Family of the Victim

7. Each member’s name has to appear on screen during his/her every appearance.

8. All group members must appear in the video for an equal amount of time.

9. Holding a microphone would be a good idea as it can make the report seems more

real (a dummy microphone would be great!)

10. For video editing, you may use any free and user-friendly software such as Cyberlink

Power Director, Sony Vegas etc.

11. To submit, upload the video to YouTube. Next, embed it to MyLearn, at the

designated forum according to your class number. Do not forget to state all group

members’ names and Matric Numbers.

Please emphasize on:

1. Topic – relevant, interesting, in-depth and informative.

2. Pictures and videos – smooth and relevant.

3. Audio – clear and audible narration, suitable background music.

4. Interviews – at least THREE interviews, with sufficient number of relevant

questions.

5. Delivery – language, fluency, pronunciation, types of questions used.

6. Subtitles – must be provided ONLY IF the interviewees respond in Malay language.

GOOD LUCK!



EAC BULLETIN GUIDELINE TEMPLATE

SECTION ROLE CONTENT NOTES

INTRODUCTION

Student 1

Attention Getter

Topic Reveal

What is the issue?

Why is the issue important?

Who is involved?

Where is it happening?

When – Has the story already

happened, is happening or about to

happen?

Include some interesting facts /

statistics / quotation etc

CONTENT

Note: Insert

music, pictures,

video, subtitles or

narration where

necessary

Student 2 Interview 1

Interview questions (list out your questions here):



(you may refer

CONCLUSION

Student 5

Summary of the issue

Suggestion /

recommendation

All

students

Final remark

Example:

I am (all group members’ names) ________,

________, ________, ________, and

________ reporting for EAC Bulletin. See

you again next week. Bye!

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