The class has reached the stage where they are ready to report back about what they have produced. Reporting back involves sharing what we are doing The process of sharing must be honest, accurate, carefully organised and well-presented in clas Individual students report to the group and the group reports collectively to the class Consequently all the individuals and groups working independently get to know about each other's work, the overall project grows, reports generate feedback to the author() and feedback produces reinforcement and motivation. This, in turn, can lead to modification, improvement, and changes to individual or group work so, incorporating new elements from the groups into the project as a whole will involve modifications to the diagram (see p 46) in terms of structure, content and ideas for presentation Reporting happens throughout the project. Each stage of the project involves some kind of reporting. This also brings modifications to the project as a whole, as the structure of the project is temporary and flexible. Preparing a report makes you define your own ideas more precisely. These ideas have to be made explicit and easily accessible. Reports have to be planned, strategies selected and techniques rehearsed. Reporting is a communicative situation. In project work it is not only telling the others what you have done but also a very complex and special ised transfer of ideas and feelings. It requires a certain degree of oral and written language ability, and also self- confidence and good presentation techniques. At this stage the students have to groups present, argue for and against, reach conclusions and agreements and ask other for follow-up work if necessary. Reporting is in itself a full task. (See Procedure below.) lt may be done through a to variety of communication strategies. They range from the more academic and formal the more imaginative and creative forms of presentation. Reports in project work are mainly oral, but they can also be written. oral reports are immediate and lively. They speed up the overall process. Written reports are more thorough, precise and formal, and slow down the process.