Cambridge C1 Advanced (CAE) - How to Write a Report

Let's find out what makes a great report in C1 Advanced Writing. We look at a concrete example and go through each individual part step by step.

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:54 What is a review?
2:25 How to analyse a report writing task
5:27 The perfect structure for your report
6:35 The different parts of a great report
10:21 Summary

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[angrymanmorales]

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[galaxy]

Advanced C1 reports: 220-260 words
Report is written to superior ( director or manager), or peer group( other students, or members of a club you’re a member of as well)

Present factual information( might be made up by you, but realistic)

Making suggestions and recommendations at the end of the report ( that is the purpose of writing a report)

Effective and efficient organization ( right paragraph structure, and different linking words and expressions to connect our ideas)

analyze the task and extract all information we need ( use these questions: the topic ? Underline the key topic points that need to be included in the report ( usually 3-4 point in the head of the question ) who is going to read our report? To decide the correct style .

We normally have the choice between formal, neutral and informal language, and depending on the person that the report is directed towards, we choose, e.g to the manager, we choose formal words.

How to structure our report (all reports are the same )

1 Title : simple title
2 introduction: clearly state the purpose of the report. And prepare the reader for what to come in the following paragraphs.


3 topic paragraphs: we address the key topic points that we found in our task analysis ( the main, longest parts of the report) give each paragraph a subheading, and start each paragraph with what to expect in this exact paragraph.

4 conclusion / recommendation: use a subheading as well. We suggest a specific course of action and summarize the information from the topic paragraphs. ( we use persuasive language to help change the opinion of the reader’s opinion in our favor)

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[Jay-zooj]

My CAE exam is on Saturday and I'm so scared. The second writing task is what I am afraid of the most. Not necessarily because of the structure or the language but due to the fact that I can't come up with any ideas for it. When I saw the example task in this video I tried to come up with content I could put in the report but nothing came to mind. I am just so afraid that I won't have any idea what to write on Saturday

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[fanniestguy]

More videos like this one, please! Some other parts from the exam! Thanks.