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3. • A report presents information about a subject
• Factual genre
What is an informative report?
Technical language related to subject
Formal and impersonal language
Third person point of view
Uses timeless, present tense
e.g. Adelaide is popular with international
students.
Often uses the passive voice
e.g. “are being created”
Many “being” and “having” verbs

4. STRUCTURE
1. Opening statement
• Lead in sentence to state
the topic and capture
interest
• a short description of the
subject
• definition
• classification or
categorization of types
2. Paragraphs
• different aspect of the
subject.
• begins with a topic or a
preview sentence
• focus is on facts NOT
OPINION!!!
3. Conclusion
• Summarizes
information
• Does not include any
new information

5. EXAMPLE
A disaster is an event that causes destruction, pain and
suffering. Disasters can be natural or man-made
Natural disasters can be caused by extreme weather events,
climatic conditions or changes in the earth's crust. Natural
disasters include cyclone, tornadoes, floods, droughts,
bushfires, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
Man-made disasters are usually the result of accident, disease
or war. They range from catastrophic events like major wars and
nuclear accidents which destroy huge amounts of the
environment and kill many people, to everyday occurrences like
road accidents and crime.
Disasters are a personal tragedy for the people involved.

6. Opening statement
A disaster is an event that causes destruction, pain
and suffering. Disasters can be natural or man-made.
 Definition
 Classification of types - preview
PARAGRAPH 1
Natural disasters can be caused by extreme weather
events, climatic conditions or changes in the earth's crust.
Natural disasters include cyclone, tornadoes, floods,
droughts, bushfires, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
 Different aspect of the topic
 FACTS : cause, examples.

7. PARAGRAPH 2
Man-made disasters are usually the result of
accident, disease or war. They range from
catastrophic events like major wars and nuclear
accidents which destroy huge amounts of the
environment and kill many people, to everyday
occurrences like road accidents and crime.
 Different aspect of topic
 FACT
CONCLUSION
Disasters are a personal tragedy for the people
involved.
 Summarizes the report
 Does not include new information

8. Research Report Writing
DEFINITION
Research report is a condensed form or a
brief description of the research work done by
the researcher. It involves several steps to
present the report in the form of thesis or
dissertation.

9. • Present in conference.
• Publish in journals or articles.
• Get grant or financial aid.
• Have implications or recommendations in
clinical practice, education &
administration
Purpose

10. Types & Characteristics
• Conciseness
• Clarity
• Honesty
• Completeness
• Accuracy
Report
Technical Popular Oral

11. GUIDELINES
• Be objective.
• Minimize the use of technical
language.
• Use present tense & active voice.
• Treat the data confidentially.
• Revise and rewrite.
• Use visual aids.
• Report should show originality.
• It must provide a ready availability of
the findings.
• The layout must be appropriate and
accordance with the objective

12. • Report should be free from grammatical mistakes.
• Report must present the logical analysis of the subject
matter.
• It must be an attempt to solve some intellectual problems.
• Index must be prepared & appended at the end.
• Report must be attractive in appearance, neat & clear
whether typed or printed.
• It should state the policy implications relating to the
problem under consideration.
• Appendices should be enlisted in respect of all the
technical data in the report.
• Bibliography of sources consulted is a must for a good
report.

13. FORMAT FOR WRITING REPORT
• Title page
• Approval sheet
• Acknowledgement
• Preface or forward
• Table of content
• List of tables
• List of figures
1. Preliminary Page

14. FORMAT FOR WRITING
REPORT
• Problem statement
• Assumptions
• Operational definitions
• Variables
• Abstract
• Review of related literature
2. Main Body of the Report
I. Introduction Section

15. FORMAT FOR WRITING
REPORT
• Research design
• Research approach
• Research setting
• Population
• Data collection tool
• Data analysis
II. Methodological Section
III. Result Section
Study findings can be represented in
graphical or non graphical form

16. FORMAT FOR WRITING
REPORT
• Summary
• Discussion
• Conclusion
IV. Ethical Section
• Utilized in the field of nursing administration,
education & clinical practice.
• Limitations & Recommendations
• Bibliography or reference.
• Appendix .
V. Implication section