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Academic Communication for Advanced Secondary Schools Making academic presentations

Exercise 5�2

1. How helpful was literature review in justifying your proposed study?
2. How did you collaborate with your peers and how helpful was the collaboration?

Research report
FOR ONLINE READING ONLY
Research report is one of the academic documents you may at one point in time be required
to prepare and present. It can be said to be a document that communicates research
findings. It is normally prepared by a researcher or someone involved in a research
activity involving relevant information on the research work carried out. The relevant
information includes but not limited to research findings and actionable recommendations.
Preparation of research report is not an easy task. It is an art that requires a good deal
of knowledge, imagination, experience, and expertise. It also demands a considerable
time and money.
A report is organised in sections and has to follow a particular format. Your school,
teacher or project manager can come up with their own format, depending on their unique
needs. In general, though, the format of report has to have title page, table of contents,
page numbering, headings and subheadings, citations and works cited page.

Basic guidelines for writing a report

Writing research or project report can be done at the ease of a a researcher if the following
guidelines are followed:

1� Revise your objectives and expectations: Before you start writing your report,
you should revisit the purpose and expectations of the research or project. You have
to answer some crucial questions, such as; What was the objective of research or
project? Is there a required standard of report? Who will read the report? What is
the report for? Answers of such questions are likely to help you make a good report.

2� Prepare an outline: It is the planning phase for the content or the report. On the
basis of nature of data, purpose and objective of research, and requirements of the
one getting the report, you will have to prepare report outline to help you to decide
on things like how to arrange your ideas before you starting writing, time frame for
accomplishing the writing etc.
3� Start writing: When you are set and ready to start, get the ball rolling. Follow the
outline or roadmap you have created and work on one section of a report at a time.
4� Prepare first draft: Getting final draft of a report with a single effort may not be
an excellent idea. You have to start with first draft. That draft is your attempt to
synthesise the ideas you developed through the steps of reading, data collection,
analysis and presentation. These ideas will be further refined and organized through
a series of revisions.

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