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111 Your English language assistant wants to do a project on electronic media with students in your class. For this reason, he/she would like to know which electronic media are most popular among the students. You have been asked to do a survey among your classmates and hand in a report. In your report you should:  present the results of your survey  give possible reasons for the results  suggest what kind of media project might be successful with students in your class Write around 250 words. Divide your report into sections and give them headings. listening to music using social media watching online videos pla!ing computer games 0% 90% 85% 65% 40% 25% Students’ favourite electronic media activities (n 3 = 20) 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% watching TV  3  n: number of students asked in the survey From: … (your name) Subject: Ideas for the electronic media project Date: … Introduction The aim of this report is to make suggestions for the electronic media project based on students’ favourite media activity. Students’ favourite media activities  Point out important information for the reader of the report. For instance, listening to music and using social media sites are more popular than watching TV.  Use quantifiers ( most of the , the majority of , some of them , less than , twice as many , only a few/one third/a quarter , …).  Don’t forget about linking words ( whereas , on the one/other hand , while , yet , …). Possible reasons for these results  Explain why listening to music and using social media sites are popular. For instance, listening to music can be done easily, on their mobile …  Use gerunds ( listening ), passives ( can be done ), modals ( could discuss lyrics ) and conditionals ( If students discuss lyrics , …). Recommendations for the project  Suggest what the language assistant can do to make the project work with your classmates. For instance, discuss lyrics or ask students to give presentations, etc. This is the layout of a report. It has to be clear who’s writing it and what it is about. In the introduction, you give details of what the report is about. You could also give details of your methods of research or the test group. Start each of your paragraphs (bullet points) with a heading. Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentu des Verlags öbv