Listen to the mp3 about summary skills,
and then answer the questions below.
 


Listen to the mp3 again,
and check your answers to the questions.
You may pause the mp3 while listening.

After you finish,
go to the end of the page for correct answers.

Questions:

1. When you summarize, what do you need to first look for?


2. What should you do with the repeated ideas?


3. How does retelling help you understand what you read better?


4. According to the woman, what is a topic?


5. According to the woman, what is a main idea?


6. Among the techniques of summarizing, which one is especially helpful for the English learners?


7. What  is called as a bad summary?


8. What is the key part with paraphrasing?














Answers:

1. Main ideas
2. You need to get rid of them.
3. Retelling what you've read changes something about how you store the information in your brain.
4. The topic is usually just one word or phrase to which everything in the text refers.
5. A main idea is usually a sentence that explains why the topic is important or explains something about the topic.
6. Looking for key words in the article or the text
7. The copy-and-delete method
8. The key part with paraphrasing is that it's in your own words.