Adam Wyett PRO
I am an ESL teacher based in Saint Etienne, France. I use Slides to share and present my presentations live while teaching group-classes in lo-tech environments.
Professional English |
Writing Reports
Warm-up | Report Writing
- Formal or informal?
- Contractions or no contractions?
- Colloquial language or not?
- A personal or authoritative/informative tone?
- Structured, objective and logical tone and approach, or a narrative tone?
- Subjective or objective?
- First or third person?
- Name individuals or use passive?
Report Writing | Citing and Paraphrasing
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Put the focus on the person. Verb in active form.
- Adam Wyett argues that workers' work-life balance will be greatly improved with the introduction of new technology in the workplace.
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Shift focus to the content #1. Use impersonal it structure with verb in passive.
- It has been argued that workers' work-life balance would be greatly improved with the introduction of new technology in the workplace.
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Shift focus to the content #2. Use There is / There has been structure with noun form of reporting verb
- There has been considerable argument about whether workers' work-life balance would be greatly improved with the introduction of new technology in the workplace.
- Some people think...
- Some people are concerned that...
- It has been described as...
- Experts believe...
- ... argues that...
- ... seems to suggest that...
- One view is that...
- The main reasons for... are...
- Overall, ...
Alternatives to 'Say'/'Think' (Reporting verbs)
- argue, claim, emphasise, contend, maintain, assert, theorize, support the view that, deny, negate, refute, reject, challenge, strongly believe that, counter the view/argument that, etc.
- suggest, speculate, hypothesise, imply, propose, recommend, question the view that, postulate, etc.
- describe, show, reveal, study, demonstate, note, point out, indicate, report, observe, assume, take into consideration, believe, mention, etc.
Report Writing | Varying Language
Report Writing | Citing and Paraphrasing
- Rephrase statements made earlier using variations in structure and language.
Report Writing | Basic Structure
Writing | Reports
Professional English | Writing Reports
By Adam Wyett
