English for Teachers II

                                         Report Checklist


Structure

·         the summary of the problem (introduction + body + conclusion) and your own proposed
solution

·         unified text with paragraphs – avoid headings
(extra information and references can be included at the end as a note)

·         over 150 words


Style

·         use complex sentences

·         avoid using lists and bullet points

·         formal style – no contracted forms ([DEL: isn´t, :DEL] [DEL: didn´t :DEL] )


Grammar

·         commas after introductory phrases (As regards XY, …; In the end / Finally, … ; In
addition, …; In the next part of the conversation, the mother admits …)

·         word order – S-V-O-M-P-T (his mum is going to be interviewed again, factors have to be …,
three people are presented,

·         the passive voice (which is supported by many publications,

·         noun and verb agreement

Ø  3rd person sg.  (Sam spends, the doctor summarizes)

Ø  nobody was, grandma was

·         verb structures (miss sb. X a student missing from the class, take sb. shopping, say sth.
to sb. X tell sb. sth. X say that …, nod to agree/in agreement, continue working, suggest doing
sth. to sb./that sb. should do sth., divorce sb. X get divorced, sue sb. for sth. )

·         tenses – past simple and continuous X present perfect, past perfect

·         modal verbs (had to watch)

·         conditionals (if Diana does not change …, it can lead to….; if the friend had not sought
help …, Amy would have collapsed … - it is about the past)

·         articles

Ø  a + sg. countable noun (a score, a plan, a parent, a video, a situation, a compliment, a
student)

BUT pl./unc. + the /-- (find some Cheerios)

Ø  a – in expressions of quantity (a couple of)

Ø  the – with words already mentioned (the social worker, the/his mother)

Ø  the + first, second, third …

·         prepositions: in the end, … X at the end (of sth.), yell at sb., be mean to sb., change
in behaviour, be good to sb., suffer from, focus on,



Vocabulary

·         switch your spellchecker to English

·         expressions confused

Ø  psychic X psychological, he X she, out of nowhere X all of a sudden, auspicious X positive, san
X son, reason X resonance, asleep x low/stagnating, report x inform, questionnaire X interview, it
is not mean X it does not mean, first X at first, deny X say no, tell X call, right X truth, then X
than, loose X lose, tweed X tweet, others X each other