User talk:Ahmed Almrhoon/Saudi Swimming

Good to see you in here Ahmed, and we're excited to explore the logistics of you submitting this in Arabic. I am seeking advice on the University policy for this, and ways we can encourage and support you doing this.

Regarding the content of your outline and essay. I thought the following notes I made from our meeting today, would help you develop this outline and your essay.

We discussed you writing in the first person. A story, from your own perspective and experience, as a Saudi swimming coach now living in Australia. The idea was you would write about swimming in Saudi Arabia, from a family's first experience, to the elite competitors. You mentioned to me the issues of pool managers discriminating on what people can use the Government pools in SA. You also mentioned the Government project to encourage swimming, link recreation to elite training, and to win medals at the Olympics. I suggested to try to incorporate all this into your story, linking Australia in based on your own move to here, and what you are observing now.

We also discussed the problem of referencing. I advised that, where ever you make a claim in your story, you must support it with evidence, and/or a reference to reliable (primary or secondary) content. For example, The Saudi mainstream media reports very little on elite swimming, but extensively on Soccer. You could support this claim with a reference to site search results for swimming compared to soccer. The other example we discussed, was the SA Government's project to encourage high performance competitive swimming. You showed me a Government webpage, that appeared to have very little information and background to the project. If it turns out that there is very little information for you to reference, consider contacting the people directly, perhaps through email, explaining your essay, and that it is publicly available on Wikiversity, and that you'd like to quote their email responses in your essay.

Hope this helps. Leighblackall 04:46, 15 September 2011 (UTC)