NB: These are guidelines/suggestions.

Please do not all write the same things in

the report! ;)
GP Presentation (speaking)
(Use We+ active sentences in the past
tense)

GP Report ( writing)
(Try not to use We too often
/remember to use passive sentences)

1) Presenting your topic: Our topic

was/ The subject of our project was
International students and
accommodation ( remember: topic
is the general category, not the
main research question)
2) Presenting your research
question: Our main question is
( Here you tell the audience what
your actual research question) Our
hypothesis was We didnt have a
hypothesis but wanted the
hypothesis to emerge from the
results
3) Saying how you carried out your
research: e.g. we selected a sample
of 20 international students from the
following countries: China, Brazil,
Japan and distributed/handed out
the questionnaires on the 3rd of July.
Or, our participants were from the
following countries: China, Brazil and
Japan)
4) Saying how much time your
respondents took to complete the
questionnaire. On average the
respondents completed the
questionnaire in 15/20 minutes, 2-3
days etc.
5) Giving details :The
questionnaires/interviews were
comprised of 15 questions: 10
multiple choice ones and 5 open
ended ones. These questions
focused on students preferences of
accommodation

1) The topic/ subject of this research was...

6) Analysing the results and saying

6) There were some commonalities/

similarities/ differences among the
responses. In Questions 5 students were
asked

what you found:

we found some commonalities
/similarities / differences among the
responses. (E.g.) In question 5,
where we asked students X, 50 %

2) The main question is

The hypothesis of the research was
There is no hypothesis, the expectation was
to let the findings generate one.
3) A sample of 20 students from the
following countries was selected. The
participants that were selected were from
the following countries

4) See column on the left

5) See column on the left

responded that
7) Saying what you thought was

7) The answers to some of the

questions, generated some
interesting results/ findings data. In
question y the expected answers
was X, however, the most common
response was. This would
suggest/indicate that

surprising/ What was unexpected.

The answers our participants gave
us, generated some interesting data:
(eg) In question Y we were
expecting this response, however
the most common response was
This would mean that
Or, the answers confirmed what we were
expecting, that students believe

Or, the answers confirmed previous

believes, particularly that students think

8) Saying what was challenging

about carrying out research: From
this project/ By carrying out this
piece of research, we realized that
devising a main research question/ a
questionnaire / a series of interview
questions is challenging because it is
difficult to write questions clearly
9) Realizing the limitations of the
project: We know that this project is
not perfect. If we had to do it again
we would change the order of the
questions, make sure we have
access to respondents because

8)This project was not without its

challenges. One of the most difficult
things was Some of the most
challenging aspects were ( verb +
ing)

9) This project is a first attempt at

academic research, therefore it is far from
complete /perfect
If this project were to be carried out a
second time, the following changes/
modifications could be made in order to
generate more data

For presentations only.

Introducing yourselves:
My name is and these are my partners, group members Shawn and Mia
Im going to talk about/ I will focus on.
Transitioning/ Giving the word to your colleagues:
I have finished my section, now Katherine will tell you something about our data
collection methods.

Katherine; Thank you, yes Im going to talk about. Moving on to our methods, we

Distributed 20 questionnaires

** In point #2 after the hypothesis / no hypothesis part, tell your audience

what most of the previous research literature focused on.
(In speaking: previous literature focused on this topic, but did not consider
this particular aspect (your particular question) so we wanted to bridge
this gap/address this gap.)
(In writing: previous literature focused on this topic, but did not consider
this particular aspect (your particular question) so this project seeks to
bridge this gap/address this gap.)

Should Scotland be an independent country?

Can you please describe why you made that choice?