Tuesday, 26 March 2024

9.6.- How to Write a Report



Have you ever written a report?

for example, 'When I was in high school, I had to write a report every single school week in relation to my weekly chemistry experiment as I used to go to the chemistry lab on Mondays.'


Collaborative Reading of the Exam Task and the Sample Report on page 78


How to Write a Report


Report Structure or Format

 

1.- Title

2.- Introduction

The purpose of this report is to….

3.- Subheading + Paragraph 

Give the relevant facts.

4.- Subheading + Paragraph 

Give the relevant facts.

5.- Subheading + Paragraph 

Give the relevant facts.

6.- Conclusion

Summarise and Make your recommendations.


Useful Report Phrases

1.- for the introduction (the goal of the report):

The aim of this report is to...
As requested, this report has been written to...
This report aims to outline/assess...
The purpose behind this report is to...

2.- for the body or development:

The first observation to make concerns…
It has to been stressed that…
According to (the majority of respondents)…
In spite of (the fact that)…
Despite (the fact that)…
The outlook for …… is (far from) bright/optimistic/depressing/daunting
The future looks bleak/remains uncertain/is promising
This seems unlikely in the near/foreseeable future

3.- to start the conclusion:

To sum up,...
In conclusion,…
From the research, it can be concluded that…

4.- for the recommendations:

I suggest/recommend
I would like to suggest/recommend
I therefore suggest
I advise you (not) to
I believe it would be beneficial
It would be advisable to
You may wish/want to consider
If you wish to…, you should
If we wish to…, we ought to

Individual Assignment about Writing a Report: Write a report according to the exam task guidelines on page 78 and the B2-level standards from the University of Cambridge seen in class.

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