Identify the introduction to the report. Identify the literature review. Identify the methods section in the report. Identify the results section. Identify the discussion section.

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Task 1
Read Text 93, a research report about friendship between black children and white children in Zimbabwe in the 1980s, and answer the following questions:
1 Identify the introduction to the report.
111 Which sentence(s) identify the general background to the report?
111 Which sentence(s) indicate why the research is important?
111 Which sentence(s) indicate a gap in our knowledge?
111 Which sentence(s) present the research questions?
111 How many research questions are there?
111 Whose voice is dominant in each stage of the introduction?
111 What are other voices used for?

2 Identify the literature review.
11 What type of voices are used in the literature review?

3 Identify the methods section in the report.
11 In your own words, describe the methods used.
111 Is the methods section descriptive or analytical?
– How do you know?
– Why do you think this is?
111 Whose voice dominates the section?
111 Look at the verbs used to describe the method.
– What is the most common tense?
– Are most of the verbs active or passive? Why?

4 Identify the results section.
111 Summarise the main findings of the study in your own words.
111 How are the results analysed?
111 How many voices do you hear in the results section?

5 Identify the discussion section.
111 Summarise the writers’ conclusions in your own words.
111 Which of the following does the section do:
– identify the findings?
– compare the findings with the findings of others?
– discuss the significance of the findings?