Basic Research Skills

Semester 1
Instruction for writing reports and research plan

Dear first Year Students

Please take the following points into consideration when writing your reports

1. Cover Page should be organized as shown below:

University of Zakho
Faculty of Humanities
Dept. of English
Module: Basic Research Skills
Semester 1 ( First Year)
(font size 18)

Title of the report (font size 18)

Written by (font 15)

Your full name

Supervised by
Asst. Prof. Dr. Sanan Shero Malo

Word Count ( 800 - 900 words)

 2. Structure of the report
Cover page
Introduction
Body
Conclusion
References
Introduction
Introduction should introduce the topic clearly and give a complete picture about the report
including the importance of the topic, sections of the report, the parts of the body, and a
summary. (No Less than 200 words)

Body of the report

Body of the report should include a comprehensive theoretical background on the topic including
definitions, types characteristics, examples with documentation according to APA style.

(No less than 500 words)

Conclusion
In this section, you should summarize the whole reports including the importance of the
topic, the points you discussed in the report, the difficulties you think the students may
encounter when dealing with this topic, and your opinion on the topic.
(No less than 100 words)

References

1.No less than 10 references related to the topic you are writing about.
2. Arrange them Alphabetically according to APA / MLA style:
Surname, initial of the first name. (year). Title. Place: Publisher
3. The reference you use should have an author, title, date, place, publisher.
 General instructions about the report
1. Font type: Times New Roman
2. Font size: 12 for the text and subtitles, for cover page is already shown above.
3. Margins: Top 2CM bottom 2CM Left 2.5 CM Right 2CM
4. Spacing: 1.5 CM
5. The report should be submitted as a hard copy in a folder

Best

Module Instructor

Asst. Prof. Dr. Sanan Shero Malo