martes, 15 de julio de 2014

Useful language for writing reports

Report

Title or:

To:
From:
Subject:
Date:

Reason of writing (Introduction or background)

·         The aim/objective/purpose of this report is to compare/examine/evaluate/describe/outline (some suggestions)/analyse (some suggestions)/expose/present/give information on/regarding the/recommend/consider/suggest
·         This report aims to... etc.
·         Nouns: information (remember: not informations), ideas, suggestions, situations, conditions, comments
·         in order to improve/decide
·         In case of suvey/discussion: It is based on a survey conducted among/It is the result of a discussion which took place among

Body (2 paragraphs maximum)
·         Headings from the task
·         It should be considered, it is worth considering
·         The first observation to make is (concerns)
·         First of all/Firstly
·         Secondly/ Furthermore/Moreover
·         Lastly/Finally
·         In fact
·         According to (the majority of respondents)
·         However, although, alternatively
·         In spite of (the fact [that])/Despite (the fact [that]) + Noun, Pronoun or ...ing
·         Predicting the future: The outlook for ... is (far from [+ing]) bright/optimistic/depressing/daunting
·         The future looks bleak/remains uncertain/is promising
·         This seems unlikely in the near/foreseable future
·         It has been stressed that

Making/giving recommendations
·         I would strongly recommend that ... should + bare infinitive
·         In the light of the results of the survey I would advise against...
·         I feel it would be to our advantage if...
·         The best solution is/would be to...
·         This will have an impact on + noun


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