Topic for English Performance Task

Choice of Topic: Alternative Medicine (with special emphasis on Traditional Chinese Medicine)

Issues related/ relevant to the topic chosen:

• What exactly is alternative medicine? What is the definition? Yan Jean
• What are the different forms of alternative medicine? Nicolette Tan
• What is the difference between alternative medicine, especially TCM, and conventional medicine? Jing Xuan
• What are the benefits of TCM? Is TCM really that beneficial? Andrea Ko
• How safe is TCM? Shannon Pei
• How does TCM work? Varshini

Research Question:

TCM is better than Western Medicine overall.


Reasons for investigation on the topic:
The group feels that there are many issues surrounding the use of alternative medicine, especially TCM. We want to investigate if TCM is really that beneficial and safe to use. We also want to know how TCM compares to Western medicine in terms of effectiveness.

Please upload your research by the END OF MARCH HOLIDAYS.  Thank you :)