Assignment name: Report
Target Grammar: Using language to indicate change, Old-new information flow, using formal academic
language, citations.
Examples
Using language to indicate change
In 1991, the new constitution radically
transformed the role of woman in the
Colombian society.
Even though working conditions and access to
education have had a considerable improvement
for women, there is still a substantial gap to
reach gender equality.
In terms of women employment and access to
the labor market, Colombian Public Policy
changed dramatically since 2000,
Old-new information flow
Colombian education system has reached a point
where men and women have the same
opportunities.
Experts at Universidad del Rosario believe that
telecommuting could be one solution for
companies to extend maternity leaves for two
reasons.
According to the Ministry of Education, 53% of
university students are women (2016).
Using formal academic language
To accomplish this goal, however, has not been
easy since
This report will highlight the role of women
during the civil war and the current situation and
achievements regarding access to education,
access to work, work conditions, and health.
In 2017, women have 18 weeks of maternity
leave, and in some cases, it could be extended to
20 weeks (Meertens, 2016)
Colombian women are mainly affected by two
distinct factors concerning health
Citations
In text citations (Galvis, 2010).
List of reference
Explanation/ details
The constitution transformed the role of
woman. Since the transformations has been
significant, then I used the adverb radically
to qualify the verb transform.
Instead of using considerably improved, I
changed it to the adj. + noun form.
Dramatically is the adverb that qualifies the
verb change.
Old
New
Old
New
Old
New
Avoid contractions. I could have written ..
hasnt been easy..
There is no use of I or you. Instead I
used more formal language. This report will
highlight instead of I will highlight..
More formal verbs. I used the word it could
be extended instead of the English
expression for up to 20 weeks
Avoid common words. Factors instead of
things
I used the Last name of the author and the year the
author publishes his/her document.
Most of the documents are available online. I tried to
put the URL in the most of then. I also used the word
Departamento Adminsitrativo Nacional de reference list (Source manager) to easily generate the
Estadstica. (2017, June 18). Boletn reference list that meets the APA requirement.
tecnico Educacin formal EDUC
2016. Bogot D.C. . Retrieved from
http://www.dane.gov.co/files/investigacio
nes/boletines/educacion/bol_EDUC_16.
pdf

Signal references: According to CONPES 161, I used signal references as leran previously. I cite the
400,000 illegal abortion procedures take place year in parenthesis so it is easy to look the document
in the reference list.
every year (2013).