Summary Writing
Khaled Nashaat
English instructor
Predict (the possibilities) & Extract (the
target points)
Paraphrase: Use your own words
Main points
Cluster: Put in groups
Connect & link
Predict & Extract
What could be possible advantages
of learning many languages?
What could be the correct steps to
learning more than one language at
the same time?
Example
Solved
Paraphrase: Use your own words
Point 1
Point 2
Point 3
Have a good understanding of
culture (as well as language)
Learn a maximum of two languages
at any one time
Spend at least two years learning
the chosen languages (before
moving onto the next ones)
Point 1- Have a good understanding of culture (as well as language)
Suggestions
“Get to know the culture well”
“Have an excellent understanding of the customs/traditions”
“Learn everything about the culture”
Point 2-
Learn a maximum of two languages at any one time
Suggestions
Study a maximum of two languages at any one time
Change the paraphrasing into negative form: Do not learn more than two
languages at once
Point 3-
Spend at least two years learning the chosen languages (before moving
onto the next ones)
Suggestions
Study the languages that you have
chosen for at least two years/24
months
Spend a minimum of two years
studying the preferred/selected
languages
Practice (Extracting & Paraphrasing)
Sample answers
Cluster
Select which points are similar / go
together to put them in the same
sentences.
Clustering & Using proper linkers
Final points to consider
No title / no
paragraphs / One
sentence
introduction
Word count
Proper / diverse
vocabulary and
linkers
Check your scope
and writing one
last time