Career Development English Writing
Week 6
Can You Write a Report?
Research related Terms
Quantitative Research
Qualitative Research Based on Numbers (i.e.,
statistics, etc.)
Descriptive
Data Collection Methods
Survey, Interview
observation,
Documents review Data Analysis
Methods
SPSS Qualitative ways of
analyzing the collected data
Research related Terms
• Data Collection Methods (i.e., statistics, survey, interview, observation, etc.)
• Data Analysis Methods (i.e., SPSS, qualitative methods of analyzing the collected data)
• Setting & Participants (i.e., where/when the research was conducted, who were the participants, etc.)
• Results
• Conclusions & Implications or Suggestions
Useful Language
• Introduction
• The aim/purpose of this report is to…
• The main aims are to…
• This report describes/outlines…
• Carrying out Research
• I have discussed the issue with…
• Most employees interviewed seem…
• The vast majority of … thought/felt/agreed that…
• About 00% of… said that…
• A small but significant minority of …
• According to…
Useful Language
• Making Generalizations
• On balance…
• All things considered…
• Broadly speaking…
• On the whole…
• Generally…
• It was generally felt that…
• In short…
Useful Language
• Conclusion
• In conclusion…
• Our survey suggests that…
• In my view/in the view of…, we should…
• Based on this research/information, we have
no hesitation in recommending…
Activity on p. 58
• 1. Can you guess:
• A. Who has commissioned the report and why?
• B. Who will read the report?
• 2. Look at the structure of the report & write 1-4 to show the correct order.
• Conclusion__
• Title__1__
• Main Section___
• Introduction____
Activity on p. 59
• 3.
• A. Why internships would be good for the company?
• B. The aims of the report?
• C. How the benefits are greater than the risks?
• D. How the information was obtained?
• E. How internships could cause problems for the company?
Activity on p. 59
• 4. Tick the things which are used to make the report easier to read.
• Bullet points numbers underlining headings
• 5. Which of these best describe the style?
• Impersonal & formal
• Personal & informal
• Clear & neutral
• Balanced, showing positive & negative points
fairly
Activity on p. 59
6. Match these phrases with the descriptions.
a. On the whole-4 b. Clearly
c. We should
d. Everyone agrees that e. The purpose of … is to…
7.
Hopefully-5 In the main
This report is intended to All things considered
The majority of … felt that
We have no hesitation in proposing…
There is little doubt that
