English Language Investigations: The Do's and Don't's

When carrying out an investigation, especially for English Language, there are many things that you should and shouldn't do, so here are a few!

DO:

- Always make sure that your knowledge of your investigation topic and theories that you use to analyse are as accurate as possible, and if you need to, read up and research online and in books and articles!

- It might seem obvious, but always make sure that any theories and concepts that you mentioned are completely related to your data and investigation!

- Make sure that your investigation is interesting, engaging and informative, if you would be bored by it, don't write it!

- Be clear and concise.

- Make sure that you understand the concepts/theories you will incorporate before you use them.

- Always refer to the context.

DON'T:

- Ramble, you'll only end up going off topic and losing marks!

- Forget to notes down sources for your bibliography.

- Only research the basics! Make sure that you go into detail with researching to ensure you definitely know everything about your topic.

- Be distant and vague in your writing. In other words, explain everything!