domingo, 11 de abril de 2010

Writing a report

Here is some advice about writing a report. Do you think the advice should be 'do' or 'don't'?
Well, I would say that points 1,2,4,6,7,8,10 and 11 should be 'done', whereas the other ones (3,5 and 9) shouldn't be taken into consideration.

Now look at the three plans. Which plan do you think is best? Why?

I think the best structure is B. I think so because you start saying why you are writing the report , which is important; then, in the following paragraphs, you develope the results of the survey and give possible points for making it be a success (recommendations); and finally you summarise with a conclusion paragraph. I don't think plan A would be a good one because that's not the aim of a report. I doubt about plan C, because, although I like points 1,3 and 4, I'm not sure if the second one should be in a report; I mean, I don't exactly know if talking about the main topic of the event which is going to be carried out has to be done (Information about enviromental issues, in this case).