Report as a Writing Genre

C1
Let us observe the following task, decide what point(s) we must include and create an
outline

Points to include
 discuss the impact of the findings on plans for future housing needs
 state what actions you feel are necessary now
let us melt the two points into one, as they cover the same topic
 discuss the impact of the findings on plans for future housing needs / give
recommendations
Outline
Title Report on future housing needs in a European country

Introduction Sentence 1.0 e.g. The changes in the size

of households in a European
country between 2009 and
2029 has been shown in a
chart.

(Sentence 1.1) Necessary e.g. It is clearly visible that

if you do not have a
separate paragraph in
your main body to analyse
the results
the one and two-person
households will drastically
grow, while the number of
larger households will
gradually decrease in the
near future.

Sentence 2.0 e.g. The aim of this report

is to discuss how plans for
= Thesis Statement
future housing needs are
influenced by the
predicted changes.

Main body say what action is necessary, give recommendations,

how the plans need to be changed

Conclusion e.g. Altogether, due to the considerable changes in the

number of people per household, new plans should be
made. Smaller apartments in urban areas should be
built for couples, small families or people living alone.