SECTION A MINI-LECTURE
　　In this section you will hear a mini-lecture. You will hear the lecture ONCE ONLY While listening, take notes on the important points. Your notes will not be marked, but you will need them to complete a gap-filling task after the mini-lecture. When the lecture is over, you will be given two minutes to check your notes, and another ten minutes to complete the gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE. Use the blank sheet for note-taking.

　　Writing Experimental Reports

　　I.Content of an experimental report, e.g.
　　--- study subject/ area
　　--- study purpose
　　--- ____1____

　　II.Presentation of an experimental report
　　--- providing details
　　--- regarding readers as _____2_____

　　III.Structure of an experimental report
　　--- feature: highly structured and ____3____
　　--- sections and their content:
　　INTRODUCTION ____4____; why you did it
　　METHOD how you did it
　　RESULT what you found out
　　____5____ what you think it shows

　　IV. Sense of readership
　　--- ____6____: reader is the marker
　　--- ____7____: reader is an idealized, hypothetical, intelligent person with little knowledge of your study
　　--- tasks to fulfill in an experimental report:
　　introduction to relevant area
　　necessary background information
　　development of clear arguments
　　definition of technical terms
　　precise description of data ____8____

　　V. Demands and expectations in report writing
　　--- early stage:
　　understanding of study subject/area and its implications
　　basic grasp of the report's format
　　--- later stage:
　　____9____ on research significance
　　--- things to avoid in writing INTRODUCTION:
　　inadequate material
　　____10____ of research justification for the study