Writing an informal report - information for learners/students
If you are given certain information and you want to inform another person or a small group, you will write a report on it, in which you will give the most important facts. You can use this to write a report on research you have done on a specific topic.
An informal report can be used to share important information with one person or a small group of people. It is generally brief and direct and can be delivered in email or memo format.
You can have a look at an example on http://professionalwritingservices.net/informalreports.html
When you write an informal report, you must ensure that
- it has a purpose. In other words, why are you writing it, who is going to read it and what do you want to achieve by writing this report - do you just want to inform or do you want extra ideas from other people for example
- the report shows who did what, when and way and what the outcome of all the actions were
- it must give clear indication of the progress and the development
The informal report consist of
- an introduction section in which you state the purpose of the report
- the content which gives the facts that you want to relay to the reader
- a closure where you make recommendations based on the facts
Remember the following
- you reader will most probably know less about the subject that you report on so you must write in a detailed, easy to understand manner
- you need to plan your report and arrange the facts and ideas logically
- you must use the correct language
- if you introduce your own ideas, they must be based on your observation of the facts
- all facts must be relevant and relate to what it is that you report on
- you can use numbering to organize your facts
- each fact must be discussed as one paragraph
- each paragraph must have only one idea
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