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International University of Technology Twintech

Faculty of Business & Finance


International Business (IB)
Semester 3

SU M M AR IZING

MEETING 4

Lecturer:
Kholoud Khaled Al-
Adimi
T O D AY ’ S A G E N D A

• What is summarizing?
• H ow to summarize: a
word, a sentence & a
paragraph
• Examples of
summarizing
SUMMARIZING
W H AT IS
SUMMARIZING?

• Summarizing is the process of


retelling the important parts
of a passage / audio in a much
shorter form.

• When you are able to


summarize a passage /
audio, you can be confident
that you have understood it.
W H AT IS
SUMMARIZIN
G ? ( C O N T. )

• People often summaries


when the original material is
long, or to emphasize key
facts or points.

• When you summarize, you


leave out details or
examples that distract the
reader from the most important
information.
A G O O D S U M M A RY …

includes the main ideas and the


major supporting points of
what you have read.

 does not include minor details


or
repeated details.

 does not include your own ideas


or
opinions.
1. S U M M A R Y W O R D S

A summary word (or


phrase) names a general
idea that has several
examples or parts.

 Example:
1. S U M M A R Y
WORDS
( C O N T. )

One morning, Ayako decided to make


some egg salad. First, she boiled the
water. Then she added a drop of vinegar
and six eggs. She boiled them for ten minutes.
After that, she placed the eggs in some cold
water for half an hour to cool them. Then
she peeled the eggs and chopped them. Finally,
she added some mayonnaise and chopped
celery, and the salad was ready.The whole
1. S U M M A R Y
WORDS
( C O N T. )

Summa
ry:
Whole process of making
egg salad
1. S U M M A R Y
WORDS
( C O N T. )

Write a summary word or phrase


for each list.
1. 2. personal
baseball department
basketball marketing
football department
swimming executive suite
tennis warehouse
1. S U M M A R Y
WORDS
( C O N T. )

3. get
a shovel
dig a hole in the
ground
put lots of water in
the hole
unwrap the roots of the
tree place the roots in
the hole be sure the
tree is straight
cover the roots with lots of
2.
SUMMARIZI
NG A
SENTENCE
 When you summarize a sentence, you
make it
much shorter.

 You can do this by using summary


words and phrases to take the place
of groups of words about the same
topic.

 You should leave out descriptive


words such as
adjective and adverbs.
2. S U M M A R I Z I N G A
SEN TEN C E
( C O N T. )

Use as few words as


possible.

The summary of a sentence


should still be a complete
sentence.

Example:
2 . S U M M A RIZ IN G A
SEN TEN C E
( C O N T. )

The tall cowboy put the saddle on


his horse, untied him from the fence,
waved good-bye, and rode off
into the sunset.
2. S U M M A R I Z I N G A
SEN TEN C E
( C O N T. )

Summary:
The cowboy
left.
2 . S U M M A RIZ IN G A
SEN TEN C E
( C O N T. )

Summarize these sentences


using summary words and
phrases. Remember that the
sentence summary must be a
complete sentence.
1. After she turned on the
oven,Yuki mixed the sugar,
flour, eggs, milk, oil, and vanilla in
the mixer, poured the batter into
the battered pans, and put the
2. S U M M A R I Z I N G A
SEN TEN C E
( C O N T. )

2. As the bus rolled into her


hometown, Liz looked around at
the familiar streets and shops
that she had not seen for two
years.
ACTIVITY 1
S U M M A R I Z E THE
SENTENCES
3.
SUMMARIZI
NG A
PA R A G R A P H
A paragraph summary
should be as short as
possible, and

 It must be a complete
sentence.
3 . S U M M A RIZ IN G A
PA R A G R A P H
( C O N T. )

The summary should


express the main point in
as few words as possible.
Follow these steps:

Step 1: Read the paragraph all


the way through to be sure
you understand it.
Step 2: Check to see if the
3 . S U M M A RIZ IN G A
PA R A G R A P H
( C O N T. )

If the paragraph has a topic


sentence, does it state the
main idea of the paragraph? If
so, you can use it for your
summary.

Just make the topic sentence


shorter by using summary
words and phrases and taking
out descriptive words.
3 . S U M M A RIZ IN G A
PA R A G R A P H
( C O N T. )

If the topic sentence is not


a good statement of the
main idea, write a main idea
statement and then make
it shorter using summary
words and phrases and
leaving out descriptive words.
3 . S U M M A RIZ IN G A
PA R A G R A P H
( C O N T. )

Shopping malls have produced a


revolution in shopping and living habits in
many industrialized countries. Before 1950,
there were no malls, but now almost every city or
region in industrialized countries has at least one.
In fact, shopping malls have become a part of daily
life. Many people even think of them as social
centers. In a way, malls have taken the place of the
main streets of a town or city. Shops and services
that were one spread over several city blocks are
now in one place at the mall. Everyone can save
the time by doing their shopping at the mall. And
people young and old, with time on their hands,
3 . S U M M A RIZ IN G A
PA R A G R A P H
( C O N T. )

Topic
sentence:malls have produced a
Shopping
revolution in shopping and living
habits in many industrialized
countries.

Summary:
Shopping malls have changed
the cultures of many
3 . S U M M A RIZ IN G A
PA R A G R A P H
( C O N T. )

Read and summarize the following paragraph


using as few words as possible. Remember
that your summary must be a complete
sentence.
By 1984, NASA, the United States space program,
had caried out many successful flights of the space
shuttle. In fact, Americans were beginning to take the
whole NASA program for granted. Then the president
announced that the next shuttle would carry a school
teacher into space. Hundreds of teachers from all parts
of the country applied for the job. They all wanted to
be “the first teacher in space.” During the next year,
these adventurous educators were tested and
examined and trained. At last, the choice was
announced. A teacher from New Hampshire, Christa
3 . S U M M A RIZ IN G A
PA R A G R A P H
( C O N T. )

Summa
ry:
ACTIVITY 2
READ A N D S U M M A R I Z E
EACH OF THE
PARAGRAPHS

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