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Summary is very important for reading comprehension,
oral and writing ability. Summary is to repeat an
author¡¦s ideas of your reading in your own language and
sentences. If you understand an author¡¦s ideas, you must
be able to say his ideas in your own language.
Misunderstanding and misinterpretation do not happen in
a good summary. In addition, summary states the facts
you learned from your reading of an author¡¦s writing.
You are not supposed to include your opinion or
criticism on the author. The correct information on your
reading must be told in your summary. |
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Normally, a summary is about one-third of the quantity
of the original text. Therefore, your summary contains
main ideas but leaving out secondary (less important)
details. This is why judging and deciding key words
which tests your reading comprehension is so essential a
skill for writing as well as speaking because the key
words are used to make sentences in your summary. Last
but not least, a summary is supposed to be written in a
paragraph which contains a topic sentence and supporting
evidence to explain the main idea. Idea organization can
affect articulation when you are making public speech
like conversing with your friends, presenting speech in
a seminar or conference. |
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At beginning stage, students are encouraged to draw idea
maps to include key words which they are able to
identify from the reading. They then use these key words
to make their own sentences and organize them according
to topic sentence and specific examples. |
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If you can follow these principles to write a summary,
it helps improve your reading and writing ability at
significant level. Apart from this, when your literacy
is improved, you feel confident to speak out your ideas
at the same time. |
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