Skills for Study Level 2 Teacher's Book - Cambridge University Press

3 Writing a progress reportNote: As formal progress reports are unlikely to be pieces of student academicwriting, this section presents the more informal type of progress report / updatewhich might be sent by letter or email to an academic supervisor. Nevertheless, itshould help to acquaint students with the key features and functions of any type ofprogress report.3aAnswers• Introduction• How much is complete• What is currently being done• What remains to be done• Problems encountered• Summary of status• Points of interest which have emerged from the project• Conclusion3bAnswersSectionTo: Dr P Hopkins From: Jean MicheletSubject: Progress on research project.PurposeN/A (Salutationand opening ofthe email)Dear Dr Hopkins.You requested an update on my research project abouttechnological developments; this email outlines myprogress so far.As I mentioned to you in our first meeting, my aim in theproject is to identify technological developments thathave been predicted to occur in the next 50 years, andto evaluate these in terms of their social, economic andenvironmental impacts. I intend to submit this as part of myportfolio for my independent research module.In my last email to you I gave the following completionschedule for my work:Selection of research question – by 21 MayCompletion of initial literature review – 11 JuneSubmission of project proposal – 18 JuneCompletion of data collection – 9 JulyAnalysis of data – 23 JulyFirst draft – 13 AugustRevision and final draft – 10 SeptemberIntroduction /overview of theaim of the workHow much iscomplete sofar and alsosome problemsencounteredUnit 3 Part E ∙ Reporting in writing 103