UHB2422
ADVANCED ENGLISH
FOR ACADEMIC
COMMUNICATION
RESEARCH REPORT WRITING
WHY DO WE WRITE RESEARCH REPORTS?
 To communicate the findings of a research
 As a proof of your research activities
 Can be used as an orderly and objective
communication of factual information, that
serves some purposes to particular audience.
RESEARCH REPORT WRITING
THE IMPORTANT TRAITS IN WRITING A
RESEARCH REPORT:
 Clarity of ideas
 Proper organization of content
 Correct usage of grammar and mechanics of
writing
THE STEPS OF CONDUCTING A
RESEARCH :
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6.
Identify :
- problem
- purpose
- objectives of study
Review literature
Collect data / conduct experiment
Analyse data
Draw conclusions
Suggest recommendations
RESEARCH REPORT
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Introduction
Literature Review
Methodology / Data Collection
Result and Discussion
Conclusions
Recommendations
Identify these sections in the report that you found.
BEFORE YOU START YOUR
RESEARCH.
(IDENTIFYING THE ISSUE)
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What is the issue or problem that you would like to
study?
Why are you conducting the research?
Where will you conduct the data?
Who will be your respondents?
How will you collect the data?
What is the time frame for you to conduct the
research?
IDENTIFYING THE ISSUE OR PROBLEM
Issue: Participation in sports among
students
What do I want to know :
Reasons why students are not interested to
take part in college sports programmes [declining
participation]
IDENTIFYING THE ISSUE OR PROBLEM
Issue: Participation in sports among
students
Who :
All students of TAR college
Where :
Tunku Abdul Rahman College
IDENTIFYING THE ISSUE OR PROBLEM
Issue: Participation in sports among
students
Why :
To encourage more residents of TAR
college to be involved in sports
IDENTIFYING THE ISSUE OR PROBLEM
Issue: Participation in sports among
students
Other relevant matters:
 Being involved in sport activities is one way of
practising healthy lifestyle
 Students should fully utilise the varsity state-ofthe-art Sports Complex
 Students could improve their social skills while
getting involved in sports
IDENTIFYING THE ISSUE OR PROBLEM
Issue: Participation in sports among students
Problem statement:
Recently, TAR college had organised several sport
events as one of its annual activities. However, the
committee members had the difficulties to get
participants for the events. Many residents gave
excuses that they did not have the time to get involved
in such activities. The purpose of the research is to
encourage students, or the residents of TAR
specifically, to be involved in sports activities. The
respondents of the research will be 30 percent of the
students of TAR college. Besides, the Varsity Sport
Complex is equipped with state-of-the-art facilities and
should be fully utilised by all students. They should
also realize that taking part in sport activities will
help them to channel their stress in a healthy way.
IDENTIFYING THE ISSUE OR PROBLEM
Issue: The hazards of using hand phones
among students
What do I want to know:
The possible effects or dangers that it could bring
to human health
IDENTIFYING THE ISSUE OR PROBLEM
Issue: The hazards of using hand phones
among students
Who :
Students of Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
IDENTIFYING THE ISSUE OR PROBLEM
Issue: The hazards of using hand phones
among students
Where: Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
UTM
IDENTIFYING THE ISSUE OR PROBLEM
Issue: The hazards of using hand phones
among students
Why :
To assess the students’ knowledge on the impact of
cellular telephone usage on health
IDENTIFYING THE ISSUE OR PROBLEM
Issue: The hazards of using hand phones
among students
Other relevant matters:
 Everyone is so dependent to hand phones
 People may not realize their common
health complaints are actually related to
the effects of using hand phones
 Information on hazards of hand phones
should be made known to the public