Here are some pointers that might help you:
- Imagine you are speaking directly to your professor, supervisor or a fellow student.
- Simplify the concepts you are describing using simple, straightforward language as if your audience is just a friend or someone else who knows nothing about the topic.
- Keep your description short and to the point.
- Always acknowledge your sources and quote them. Make sure that your references in the text match the reference list.
- Remember – confusing and over-elaborate explanations may cause your audience either to lose interest, or worse, to fall asleep.
- Don’t try to impress your audience by using flowery language or words that you don’t know the exact meaning of.
- Avoid repetition.
- Avoid using according to or studies show that … or as a result of … Rather just quote the source.
- Remember – most studies should be referred to in the past tense; only use the present tense if the research took place in the same year as the document you are writing.
- USE YOUR OWN WORDS as much as possible.
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