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Writing A Report

The document provides guidelines for writing a report, emphasizing the need for a clear purpose and structured layout. It suggests using headings, lists, and formal language, while also allowing for personal insights and evaluations. Additionally, it offers useful phrases for various sections of the report, including stating the purpose, describing information sources, reporting results, and making recommendations.

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Writing A Report

The document provides guidelines for writing a report, emphasizing the need for a clear purpose and structured layout. It suggests using headings, lists, and formal language, while also allowing for personal insights and evaluations. Additionally, it offers useful phrases for various sections of the report, including stating the purpose, describing information sources, reporting results, and making recommendations.

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C1 – report

Paper 2 Part 2 – Report


A REPORT may be written for a superior (e.g. a boss or college
principal) or a peer group (e.g. club members or colleagues). The
content of a report is to some extent factual and draws on the
prompt material, but there will be scope for candidates to make use
of their own ideas and experience.
Candidates will be asked to do more than describe a situation; they
may be asked to evaluate to what extent a particular aim has been
achieved, or to suggest an alternative course of action.
Hints

 Begin by stating the purpose of your report.

 You may use invented statistics to provide a succinct summary of


your results.

 Use a clear layout with:

 Headings. They will make it clear that your report is not an essay or
review.
 Lists of numbered points or bullets where appropriate. (DON’T
overdo it, though. If you use them in more than one section, you
won’t be able to show the full range of structures and vocabulary you
know.)
 Divide your report into sections according to the input.

 Develop the ideas in the task input.

 Include a sentence summarising your opinion at the beginning of


the final section of your report.
 Use an impersonal, formal style.

Useful language for a report

Stating the purpose of the report

 The principal aim/objective/purpose of this report is to provide a


description of… / to provide/to present results of /to assess the
importance of …
 In this report I will provide a description of … / I will provide/present
results of …/ I will assess the importance of…

 This report describes/provides an assessment of… /


describes/provides/presents results of…

Describing how you got the information

 I conducted a survey of / I conducted interviews with local council


officers …
 … responded to an online questionnaire.

 I visited three of the most popular …

 … were invited to attend a focus group…

Reporting your results

 Most of those responding to the survey stated that/expressed the


opinion that …
 According to …
 A large/considerable/significant/ proportion of
respondents/informants/those surveyed said that …

 Nearly three quarters of the …

Presenting a list

 The arguments against … are the following:


1. …
2. …
 The following were the main reasons given for supporting …: firstly,
…, secondly, …

 Points our informants mentioned in favour of/against … were:

1. …
2. …
 There are several ways in which … might be … :

1. …
2. …
Making recommendations

 Taking all the factors mentioned into account/In the light of the
results of the survey/questionnaire, … would appear to be the most
viable solution/option/approach.
 I would therefore recommend ….
 Clearly, more could be done to …. I would make the following
recommendations:
…
…
…

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