186 WRITING COACH Your class has been invited to visit Whitehall, your partner school in Cambridge. The school wants to offer your class attractive afternoon clubs. It needs to know which of the clubs that are offered Austrian students would like to attend. You have decided to do a survey among your classmates and send a report. Sports Club Games Club Music Club Debate Club 45% 15% 5% 35% Austrian students’ choice of afternoon clubs (n = 20) In your report you should: present the results of your survey give possible reasons for the results suggest which clubs the school should offer Divide your report into sections and give them headings. Write around 250 words. Make sure you understand the situation: Who is interested in the report? Why? What information do you have to give? Why is the information important? Study the instructions: How can you present the results without just giving the numbers as percentages? What do you think about the results? Can you explain them? What suggestions can you make based on the results? Report A report gives clear information about facts, projects, incidents or events and is based on evidence and research, often illustrated with charts. It is written for a person in charge, an authority or an institution, and it uses formal and polite language. Reports are clearly structured, making use of sections and headings so that the information is easy to follow. See also pp. 113–115. The ABC guideline for writing reports: A – be accurate. The information has to be exact. B – be brief. Keep the report to the point. C – be clear. Make sure everybody understands it. The (visual) layout: From: Subject: Date: Introduction Heading Content point Heading Content point Heading Content point Sample task Study the information in the graph carefully: How many clubs are being offered? Which club is most popular among your classmates? Which club is least popular? Which information is important? Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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