Draft of Final Paper · · Read the complete description of the Oral History Interview Final Paper due in this class. Here in Week Four, you must submit a draft of this paper. The draft should include an introduction, thesis, the information you provided in the Interview Description you submitted in Week Two, and be at least three to five pages in length (plus a title page and a reference page) at this time. The draft must utilize the course text and at least three scholarly sources, at least one of which you obtained from preliminary research in the Ashford University Library. The draft must be in paragraph form, properly formatted in APA style, and include an updated reference list of sources you intend to use in the final paper. Final Paper: Oral History Interview Paper Throughout the course, you will be exploring various aspects of culture and intercultural communications. Your final assignment in this course will be to  conduct an extensive oral history interview with a person who is somewhat older than you and from a culture or subgroup that you are not a member of.  This person can be a relative or acquaintance who is from a different generation. It can be someone who immigrated to this country either recently or some time ago. Or, it can be someone who belongs to a different subgroup from you and whose cultural experiences you believe would be very different from your own. Obtain permission from the person you are interviewing to record the conversation (either an audio or a video and audio recording) or to take handwritten notes during the interview. Your overarching goals during the oral history interview are as follows: 1. To learn more about the culture and subcultures to which your interview subject belongs. 2. To determine what issues they encountered in terms of intercultural communications. 3. To relate concepts you have studied in this course to the experiences of this person. After you have conducted the interview, review your recording or your notes and write a six- to eight-page paper (excluding a title page and a reference page), in which you discuss aspects of this person's culture and/or subcultures and communication issues related to his or her cultural identity. In the paper, you must also include the following: 1. The name of the person and his or her relationship to you. 2. The interview subject's cultural background and the culture and/or subcultures to which he or she belongs. 3. At least six questions from the following list. You may add additional questions or other questions not on this list, if you wish. Remember, though, that the focus of your paper must be on intercultural communication issues. · How far back in time can the person remember? What is his or her first childhood memory? (Consider how it reflects the interview subject's culture or subculture?) · What does the person remember of the experience of being an immigrant or a subgroup member in that time? · Which impressions or experiences f.

1. Draft of Final Paper
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Read the complete description of the Oral History Interview
Final Paper due in this class. Here in Week Four, you must
submit a draft of this paper. The draft should include an
introduction, thesis, the information you provided in the
Interview Description you submitted in Week Two, and be at
least three to five pages in length (plus a title page and a
reference page) at this time. The draft must utilize the course
text and at least three scholarly sources, at least one of which
you obtained from preliminary research in the
Ashford University Library. The draft must be in paragraph
form, properly formatted in APA style, and include an updated
reference list of sources you intend to use in the final paper.
Final Paper: Oral History Interview Paper
Throughout the course, you will be exploring various aspects of
culture and intercultural communications. Your final assignment
in this course will be to
conduct an extensive oral history interview with a person who is
somewhat older than you and from a culture or subgroup that
you are not a member of.
This person can be a relative or acquaintance who is from a
different generation. It can be someone who immigrated to this
country either recently or some time ago. Or, it can be someone
who belongs to a different subgroup from you and whose
cultural experiences you believe would be very different from
your own. Obtain permission from the person you are
interviewing to record the conversation (either an audio or a
video and audio recording) or to take handwritten notes during
the interview.

2. Your overarching goals during the oral history interview are as
follows:
1.
To learn more about the culture and subcultures to which your
interview subject belongs.
2.
To determine what issues they encountered in terms of
intercultural communications.
3.
To relate concepts you have studied in this course to the
experiences of this person.
After you have conducted the interview, review your recording
or your notes and write a six- to eight-page paper (excluding a
title page and a reference page), in which you discuss aspects of
this person's culture and/or subcultures and communication
issues related to his or her cultural identity. In the paper, you
must also include the following:
1.
The name of the person and his or her relationship to you.
2.
The interview subject's cultural background and the culture
and/or subcultures to which he or she belongs.
3.
At least six questions from the following list. You may add
additional questions or other questions not on this list, if you
wish. Remember, though, that the focus of your paper must be
on intercultural communication issues.
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How far back in time can the person remember? What is his or

3. her first childhood memory? (Consider how it reflects the
interview subject's culture or subculture?)
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What does the person remember of the experience of being an
immigrant or a subgroup member in that time?
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Which impressions or experiences from that time are most vivid
to him or her today?
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If he or she immigrated to this country, what was the country of
origin like in terms of geography, government, transportation,
economic system, and education system? If he or she were
raised in this country, what were these aspects of life like
during their childhood?
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What does the person recall of the communication with
members of the dominant culture? What barriers to effective
communication did he or she encounter?
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In the United States today, what is different in his or her life in
terms of language, religion, family customs, diet, recreation,
and work, as compared to childhood?
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What role did the news media play in the interview subject's life
and in either supporting or contesting the intereview subject's
views of his or her culture? How did the media influence his or
her individual beliefs and opinions about males and females,
masculinity and femininity, and other aspects of gender belief
systems and views about race and ethnicity? (Cite specific
examples he or she gives you regarding these two specific

4. issues.)
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If your interview subject spoke a different native language, ask
him or her to discuss differences between that language and
English. (Consider the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis.)
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What are some of the most significant differences in day-to-day
life in the past versus today?
4.
From this interview, what can you conclude about important
values in you interview subject's early life?
Your paper should be written in paragraph form, not in a
question and answer format. Thus, you must weave the
information you present into a coherent narrative form,
paraphrasing the information gleaned from the interview or
using direct quotations from your interview subject, as
appropriate. Your primary sources of information for this paper
will be the interview subject and the course text. However, your
assignment is not merely to describe the conversations you had
with this person but also to critically evaluate what you learned
from them and to tie this information to concepts you have
studied in this course about culture and intercultural
communication.
To meet this objective, you must relate ideas you learned during
the interview to material you have studied in the text or other
course resources and supplement your textbook and course
resources by researching at least one key cultural issue, in
greater depth, using the Ashford University Library and/or the
Internet.
A proposal and a preliminary reference page for the final Oral
History Interview paper are due in Week Two of the course, and
a draft of this paper is due in Week Four. The final Oral History
Interview Paper is due at the end of Week Five. Specific

5. requirements for each of these assignments are outlined in the
written assignments section of the appropriate course weeks.
The final version of the paper must be submitted in Week Five
and must be between six and eight pages in length (six to eight
pages of text plus a title page and a reference page). This paper
is designated as a
*Portfolio Project*
, which means you should retain a copy of the final version of
the paper (after incorporating any instructor feedback) to be
used in a personal portfolio you will prepare in the capstone
course in your Bachelor of Arts in Communication program.
Writing the Final Paper
The Final Paper:
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Must be six to eight double-spaced pages in length (excluding
the title page, reference page, etc.) and formatted according to
APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
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Must have a cover page that includes:
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Title of paper
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Student's name
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Course name and number
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Instructor's name
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6. Date submitted
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Must include an introductory paragraph with a succinct thesis
statement.
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Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
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Must conclude with a restatement of the thesis and a conclusion
paragraph.
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Must document all sources in APA style, as outlined in the
Ashford Writing Center.
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Must include at least six references (one may be the textbook).
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Must include a separate reference page, formatted according to
APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.