In producing a report,\u00a0you are normally addressing the following questions:\u00a0<\/p>\n
Report writing is different to essay writing since:\u00a0<\/p>\n
Introduction<\/b>:\u00a0Outline why\u00a0you did what you did.\u00a0Particularly in a short report where there is no literature review section, this is the place where you place the work in context. Without going overboard, attempt to highlight why the particular location of study (whether a “place” or a “space”) is particularly important. Most studies will be undertaken in South Australia and close to Adelaide. Justify (other than simply on the basis of cost and convenience) why this is the case. For example, are the environmental phenomena and issues experienced here either unusual (e.g. a rare species or ecosystem or a great example of good management) or examples of similar phenomena and issues elsewhere?\u00a0The latter means that your report acts as a case study.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Methods<\/b>:\u00a0This\u00a0section is not always required, so check with you lecturer or supervisor. This section may appear the easiest to write (i.e. simply re-stating methods from the literature).\u00a0 However, the best methods are the result of a careful reading of the literature and a choice between different methods.\u00a0If,\u00a0at the end of your study, you concluded that different methods should have been used, this will be outlined in the discussion and conclusion but could be hinted at here.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Results<\/b>:\u00a0Describe what\u00a0you found but do\u00a0not interpret the data. This is left to the discussion. Deciding what goes in the results and discussion is a challenge. However,\u00a0restrict your results section to a strict reporting of the facts.\u00a0Note that for longer reports (including theses) it can be better not to\u00a0report every aspect of your work. In doing this it is important not to be deceptive. You don’t have to include everything you did since you are being judged on the quality of your work as much as the quantity.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Discussion<\/b>:\u00a0The fun part! Here you discuss what your findings mean.\u00a0 If the discussion follows a similar structure to the results this will make it easier for the reader to follow.\u00a0 In the discussion\u00a0you place the results in the context of the literature.\u00a0 It is important not to repeat the results. Here then\u00a0cross-referencing is important.\u00a0For example,\u00a0you might say “The density of aquatic plants was higher in the River Torrens downstream of the industrial area at site 1 (see section 5.2, figure 5). This contrasts with findings of previous authors in Adelaide (Wang and Li,\u00a01998) and other Australian cites (Smith and Jones,\u00a02002; Nguyen,\u00a02005).”\u00a0<\/p>\n
Conclusion<\/b>:\u00a0Often\u00a0relatively brief,\u00a0but\u00a0the conclusion\u00a0provides an\u00a0important\u00a0opportunity to reflect on the findings and to indicate where improvements could be made or where future research could be directed.\u00a0The conclusion is not simply a summary of the rest of your\u00a0report.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Citation style<\/b>: APA Style (7th\u00a0ed.)\u00a0<\/p>\n
Further reference:\u00a0Hay,\u00a0I.\u00a0(2012).\u00a0Writing a report. In:\u00a0I. Hay,\u00a0Communicating in geography and the environmental sciences<\/i>. pp. 30-56. Oxford University Press.\u00a0<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWriting\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSpeaking\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVocabulary\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" English for Geography Writing Text type: Report In producing a report,\u00a0you are normally addressing the following questions:\u00a0 What did you do?\u00a0 Why did you do it?\u00a0 How did you do it?\u00a0 What did you find out?\u00a0 What do the findings mean?\u00a0 Report writing is different to essay writing since:\u00a0 Reports usually utilise primary rather than […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-793","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dses.eduhk.hk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dses.eduhk.hk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dses.eduhk.hk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dses.eduhk.hk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dses.eduhk.hk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=793"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/dses.eduhk.hk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/793\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1676,"href":"https:\/\/dses.eduhk.hk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/793\/revisions\/1676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dses.eduhk.hk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}