GUIDE ON VOX POP MINI-PROJECT (FOR ENG 205 & 209)
🎙VOX POP MINI-PROJECT (FOR ENG 205
& 209)
Campus
Voices: Perspectives on Sexual Purity
(World
Sexual Purity Day Feature — October 14)
Project
Overview
Each team will conduct and publish a Vox Pop (opinion
feature) exploring student perspectives on sexual purity across different faculties
on campus. The goal is to collect and present diverse voices on awareness,
pressures, and values related to sexual purity among students.
Team
Assignments
·
Team Articulate: Conduct
Vox Pop in Faculty of Law
·
Team Brilliant: Conduct
Vox Pop in Faculty of Management and Social Sciences /Arts or
Humanities
·
Team Creative: Conduct
Vox Pop on East Campus (Basic Medical and Health Sciences, College of Medicine and
Health Sciences, Computing and Applied Sciences, Engineering, and Nursing
Sciences)
Guiding
Questions
Each team should select one question from each theme to
guide their Vox Pop interviews. The goal is to capture a variety of
perspectives across awareness, social pressures, and values:
Theme
1: Awareness (Exploring understanding and exposure to the concept)
1.
Have you heard about of the idea of “sexual purity” and
what it stands for?
2.
Where do most students get their information or views about
sexual purity — from school discussions, religion, social media, or peers?
3.
What comes to your mind when you hear the phrase sexual
purity?
Theme
2: Pressure (Exploring challenges and influences students face)
1.
What
kinds of pressures (social, emotional, cultural, or peer-related) do students
face when it comes to sexual choices?
2.
Do you
think campus culture encourages or discourages students to uphold sexual
boundaries?
3.
How
easy or difficult is it for young people today to uphold personal boundaries or
values?
4.
How
do young people handle pressure when their beliefs and relationship
expectations clash?
Theme
3: Values (Exploring personal beliefs and principles)
1.
What
personal or moral principles guide your decisions about relationships and
sexual boundaries?
2.
Do
you believe sexual purity is a personal choice, a social expectation, or both?
3.
Do
you think sexual purity is still relevant in today’s world? Why or why not?
Interview Protocol
This activity serves a dual
purpose: it is both a sensitisation exercise and an opinion poll. It allows you to see, use,
and analyse language as social action (ENG 209) while also providing practice
for your main writing project (ENG 205).
To ensure consistency, fairness,
and clarity, each team should follow these basic guidelines when conducting
their Vox Pop interviews.
- Move as a Team: Ensure all team members are present — the interviewer, recorder,
writer, and media person.
- Introduce the Activity Clearly: Begin by explaining that you’re collecting short, voluntary
opinions for a class vox pop on World Sexual Purity Day (October 14).
- Gain Verbal Consent: Make sure participants understand that their quotes may appear
(with first name, department, and level) in a student publication or blog
post. They may remain anonymous if they wish.
- Keep It Brief and Natural: Ask only three
questions (one per theme). Encourage honest, spontaneous
answers — 2–4 sentences each.
- Record and Take Notes: Use a phone recorder (with permission) and take written notes.
Attribute quotes clearly to each speaker.
- Maintain Respect and Sensitivity: Avoid judgmental reactions. Allow participants to express
different beliefs or values freely.
- Capture the Process: Take pictures of your team in action. Record short video clips,
and submit one where an interviewee responds eloquently to all three
questions.
- Compile and Edit Responses: Organise selected quotes under your chosen themes (Awareness – Pressure – Values) when writing the final article.
Publication
and Selection
· Each team will
publish their Vox Pop article (with
interview excerpts and reflections) on the
class blog.
· Teams must
invite their interviewees,
friends, and readers
to visit and comment.
· The article with the highest
readership and engagement
(views, comments, shares) will
be selected for publication in the Magazinelet
under the Campus Voices column.
Assessment
Focus
This
task assesses students’ ability to:
·
Design and conduct interviews ethically.
·
Present information clearly and engagingly.
·
Write for a target audience using concise journalistic
style.
·
Apply composition principles — structure, coherence, tone,
and correctness.
STRUCTURE OF THE FINAL VOX POP
ARTICLE
Column: Campus
Voices
Theme: Perspectives on Sexual Purity
Title: Choose
a creative title that connects naturally to the theme “Perspectives on Sexual Purity.”
Tagline: A Vox Pop Feature for World Sexual Purity Day (October 14)
Compiled by:
ENG 205 & 209 Team [Team
Name]
Introduction (2–3 sentences): Briefly
introduce World Sexual Purity Day — what it represents and why your
team decided to sample opinions from students across your chosen faculty.
Example: Each
year, October 14 is marked globally as World Sexual Purity Day — a moment to
reflect on values, relationships, and personal choices. To capture the pulse of
campus, our team asked students what “sexual purity” means to them and how
societal pressures shape their views.
Body (Main Section): Organise
your collected quotes and insights by themes or contrasts:
·
Awareness – how
familiar students are with the idea or observance.
·
Pressure – how
peers, media, or relationships influence students’ stance.
·
Values – what
moral, cultural, or personal principles guide their opinions.
Use subheadings or speaker identifiers (e.g., – Tolu, 300L Law)
for clarity. Each response should be brief
and authentic (2–4 sentences max per speaker).
Example
format:
Awareness
“I didn’t even know there was a day for sexual purity, but I think it’s good
that it reminds people of responsibility.” — Ijeoma,
Mass Comm.
Pressure
“Sometimes, the pressure to conform makes it difficult to stay true to
one’s values.” — Kayode,
Computer Science.
Closing Line: End
with a reflective or editorial statement that
connects these diverse opinions gathered to the core message or essence of
sexual purity.
SAMPLE VOX POP
FEATURE
TITLE
A Vox Pop
Feature for World Sexual Purity Day (October 14)
Compiled
by: ENG
205 & 209 Team Aurora
Every year, World
Sexual Purity Day (October 14) invites...
Awareness
Many
students admitted they had not heard of World Sexual Purity Day...
Quotes
Pressure
Respondents
spoke about...
Quotes
Values
For many,
the idea of purity...
Quotes
From faith-based convictions to personal discipline, these
voices reveal...
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