To year 2 students.给大学二年级学生的建议.pdf

To Year 2 Students Edited by April Shin Topic 1: Essay and Report Writing  Structure of Essay  Cover sheet  Title page  Table of content  Introduction (10%)  Brief background information  Main argument  What issues you will cover in the essay  Some indication of your conclusion  Main Body (80%)  Paragraph 1 is what you promised to cover in your introduction  Topic sentence (main idea of the paragraph)  Relevant examples, details, evidence, quotations, references (for further developing the topic of the paragraph)  Concluding sentence. Summarize the important points briefly and signals the end of the paragraph (lead to the next one)  Conclusion (10%)  Summarize your arguments and state your general conclusion  State why your conclusions are significant  NO new ideas are introduced  Reference List  Bibliography  Structure of Report  Cover page  Title page  Executive summary  Table of contents  Introduction  Discussion (Body)  Conclusion (and/or Recommendations)  Reference list  Appendices 2 Copyright 2007@Nottingzine Group, All Rights Reserved.  Executive summary vs. Introduction in Report  Executive Summary  Aims  Specific Objectives  Main findings  Introduction  Big picture  Focus on issues  Briefly summarize the answers to the question  Clarify what readers can expect from the report  Conclusion vs. Recommendation  Conclusion  Summarize the key findings of the report  Related directly to the objectives or terms of reference laid out in the introduction  Recommendation  Focus towards the future  Related to the materials that presents in the discussion part  Not all reports have recommendations Basically, essay and report has these differences:  Have different structures  Essays fl