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英文Report实用模板

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1.ExecutiveSummary

Theexecutivesummaryprovidesasynopsisofthereport.Itshouldinclude:

∙Astatementonthepurposeofthereport–whatitsetsouttoachieve

∙Abriefoutlineofthescopeofthereportand/orresearchmethodology

∙Anoutlineofthemajorissuesorfindingscoveredinthereport

∙Anoutlineofthemajorconclusionsandrecommendationsofthereport.

Theexecutivesummaryshouldnotincludenewinformationnorshoulditbeusedasanintroductiontothereport.

Astheexecutivesummaryisasummaryofthereport,itshouldALWAYSbetheLASTsectionofthereportwritten

TableofContents

4.1PrimarySources

4.2SecondarySources

5.1FirstDraft

5.2SecondDraft

6.1Conclusion

6.2Recommendations

7.Bibliography………………………………………………………..8

APPENDIX……………………………………………………………………….9

2.

IntroductionorBackground

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2Itmayincludeanoutlineofthetermsofreferenceorthereasonsforthedecisiontowritethereport（seebelow）.

3Explainthebackgroundtotheissue/problem/topic（thiscouldbethehistory,etc.thathelpsusunderstandtheissue/problem/topic.

4Whatarethedifferentpointsofview/opinionsabouttheissue/problem/topic?

5Whatislikelytohappeninthefuture?

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8Thisreportwasrequestedbyanumberofstudentshavingdifficultyunderstandinghowtowriteareport.

9Thisreportaimstogivestudentsaplantofollowwhenpreparingtheirmaterialandanexampleofthelayoutofareport.

10Thematerialforthisreportwasgatheredfromvariousbooksandwebsiteswhichwillbereferredtolater.Thisformatisnottheonlywaytowriteareport.

11ItiswrittenespeciallyforstudentsundertakingAcademicEnglish.Howeveritcanbeausefulguidetoanystudentinanysubject.

3.

ScopeofReportorResearchObjectives

12Outlinethepurposeofyourreport.

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14Thescopeofthereportshoulddefinemajorissuesorresearchobjectivestobeaddressedbythereport.

15Ifindoubt,askyouteacher.Theymaybeabletohelpyoufindtherightplacetolookforinformation.

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4.

ResearchMethodology

17Mostreportswillinclude:

∙4.1primarysourcesofinformation–surveys,questionnaires

∙4.2secondarysourcesofinformation–books,internet

Thissectionneedstodetailhowtheinformationforthereportwasobtainedandanylimitations.Theplacetostartisinyourownhead.Howmuchdoyoualreadyknowaboutthetopic?

Writeeverythingdown.

Usethelibrary.Notjusttheinternet.Therearebooks,magazines,newspapers,andstafftohelpyou.Takenotesandorganisetheinformationinafolder.

Remembertowritedownalltheinformationaboutanybookorwebsite,etc.forthebibliography:

author,title,datepublished,publisherandplacepublished（seeAppendixBofthisreport）.

Notetakingskillsarenecessarywhenreadinginformationandyoumustsummarisemuchofthatinformation.

5.

DetailedFindings

18Thelargestsectionofthereport–itwillcontainalltheinformationandanalysis,includingtables,chartsanddiagrams.

ThebodymustbedividedintologicalsectionsandsubsectionswithheadingsidenticaltothoseintheTableofContents.

Itwillincludeheadingsandsub-headingswhichreflectthecontentsofeachsection.

AlthoughareportstartswithasynopsisdonotstartwritingituntilAFTERyoufinishtheintroduction,bodyandconclusioninthatorder.

5.1FIRSTDRAFT

Dividethebodyofthereportintoheadingsandsubheadings,soeachsectioncanbewrittenonitsown.Thismakesthetaskseemeasier.

Usethepassivevoice（revisethissectionofEnglishonCue,Module5）.Useshortsentencesandsimple,formallanguage.Includepicturesifyouwanttomakeitmoreinterestinge.g.”Diagram2showsthat……”

Useyourcomputer’sspellcheckandprintpreviewwherepossible.Planthepagescarefully.Carelesslayoutwilllosemarks.Checkgrammarandpunctuation.

Whenreferencingabook,etc.inyourwritingrememberquotingdirectlymustusequotationmarkse.g.“TherearemanyreasonswhypeoplevisitAustralia…..”（Smith2012）.

Indirectquotes（paraphrasing）:

Smith（2012）saystherearemanydifferentreasonspeoplewanttovisitAustralia.

Savetwocopies:

oneonyourcomputerandoneonaUSB.Lostworkmeansstartingagain.

5.2SECONDDRAFT

Producingtheseconddraftisnothardonceyourfirstdraftofthereportisedited,typedandsaved.

6.

ConclusionandRecommendations

19Thisisasummaryofthemainfindingsofthereport,especiallythosethatareforthereader/client.

20Conclusionshouldtellwhatthedetailedfindingsmeanforthereader/clientinrelationtothescopeofthereportorresearchobjectives.

Therecommendationsshouldlisttheactionthatyourecommendshouldbetakenbasedontheseconclusions.

6.1CONCLUSION

Itishopedthisguidewillbenefitstudentsinatleasttwoways.Firstly,togiveastepbystepmethodtoreportwriting.Secondly,itistobeusedasanexampleofreportwriting.

Theprocessofreportwritingisobviouslyalongandcomplexone.Eachstepshouldbecompletedbeforemovingontothenextone.DoNOTputoffstartingtoresearchandwritejustbecauseitisdifficult.

Makesuretheinformationinthereportisrelevanttothetopicanddiscussestheissuesmentionedintheintroduction.

6.2RECOMMENDATIONS

+Takeonestepatatime

+Donotwastetime

+Usealltheresourcesavailable

+Talktoyourteacherifindoubt

+Startnow

7BIBLIOGRAPHY

21Thebibliographyisanalphabeticallistofreferencesusedinpreparationofthereport

Studentsshouldrefertotheirtextbookforguidelinesonhowtocorrectlyreferenceinformationsources.

Jordan,R.R（1990）AcademicWritingCourse,CollinsELT,London.

Mangubhai,FrancisandPritchard,R（1996）EnglishonCue,USQ,Toowoomba.

.epa.vic.gov.au/ecologicalfootprint/globalfootprint/index.asp

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24APPENDIX

25Theappendicessectionisformaterialthatisrelevantandisreferredtointhereport,butistoolongorisnotnecessarytobeincludedinthebodyofthereport.

26Examples:

Questionnaire

Appendicestobelabelled:

AppendixA,AppendixBetc.

WRITINGABIBLIOGRAPHY

Takecarefulnoteoftheorderinwhichtheinformationappearsbelow–alphabetically!

Theformatisdifferentforbooks,magazinesandinternet.Mostentriesbeginwithanauthorbutifnotthenthetitle,etc.isshown.

1.0BOOKS

Author’sfamilyname,initialorfirstname,（dateofpublication）,titleinitalics,nameofpublisher,placewherepublished.

Barron,ML（2010）BusinessFinance,McGraw-Hill,Sydney.

Kitchen,PD（Ed.）（1997）BusinessLaw:

Fundamentals,Thompson,London.

Brown,MandWhite,P（2000）WritingAssignments,ThomasNelson,Melbourne.

2.0JOURNALS/MAGAZINES/NEWSPAPERS

Author’sfamilyname,initialorfirstname,（dateofpublication）,“titleofarticle”,nameofjournalinitalics,volumenumber,（issuenumber）,pp.numbers.

Smith,B（2002）“Canyouwriteanessay?

”,EducationTimes,64,（10）,pp.24-28.

Mitchell,Ben（2000）“StudentsfailEnglishtest”,XinHua,13September,p.5.

3.0WebSites

Author’sfamilyname,firstname/initial,（dateofpublication）,titleofpageinitalics,URL,dateaccessed.Or

Titleofpage,URL,dateaccessed.

Quinion,M,（1996）Citingonlinesources.Adviceononlinecitationsformats.worldwidewords.org/articles/citation.htm（Accessed7.9.2013）

Informationresource,.immi.gov.au/visas（Accessed20/10/2012）