Comments Task: Write a Report / Gold CB, p.

66 ex 4-6 Suggestions
Your title is suitable Is a self-study center a good idea?
for an essay Your report would profit more if
A Report on setting up a Self-Study Centre at college you put subtitles:
1. Introduction
This is not the
purpose of this report
The purpose of this report is to discuss the impression The purpose of this report is to
outline the advantages and
that my visit to a self-study centre left on me, and the disadvantages of investing
opinions of a few people that I interviewed on whether money in the setting up of a Self-
Study Centre at our college...
our collage should have one or not. The report is based
2. Advantages
“ biggest” is colloquial on personal observations as well as some interviews There are many benefits in
use
“the most important that I conducted with students from our school college. having such a centre:
advantage of the According to my impressions and to the words of * there are no distractions and
facility is ...
There must be linkers
others, the facility’s biggest advantage is that there are the worksheets provided give
extra practice of classroom work.
no distractions like there are at our homes and it also * Furthermore, it helps
Major disadvantage
helps attracting potential students to the college. attracting potential students
A cause of dissatisfaction was that the self-study centre to....
is not always as often used during weekends as on *
3. Disadvantages
weekdays, therefore that’s one of the biggest
Mark: disadvantages. However, the place provides useful
*
*
Excellent worksheets that give extra practice of classroom work,
(5,50) which is a huge plus for the ambitious students. 4. Conclusion
Taking into account, all the opinions heard I do
recommend considering adding setting up a self-study
center at our college, because, despite its few flaws, the
facility would be a great asset to the school college.
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Final Comments
This is an excellent report and although you might see more notes than you have expected,
it is because I would like to give you some tips for an International Exam passing :)

The subtitles are not compulsory but they give the necessary layout of the report,
compared to the layout of an essay.

The register should be more formal: use Passive constructions more often than active.
e.g. ... some interviews that I conducted with students...
-> some interviews that I conducted among students...

I hope you won't bear a grudge on me, I only mean good!