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How can improve my summarizing? hey could someone give me tips to improve my summarizing? I think I have problems to do it, most of all talking about myself. I don't how to do, It's so difficult to talk about myself and express in english.

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Hello Makeseaa: First, you can work on a basic outline. So for any subject you write about you can identify at least three (3) things that you want to say. These can be thought of as parts (a), (b), and (c) of your outline. When you write then, you can expand upon these ideas in the middle paragraphs of your outline. For a summary paragraph then, you do not need to refer to issues (a), (b), and (c) but simply mention that you have discussed three things specifically. So in a concluding paragraph, can write something like (concerning your self for example): I have discussed my interests in Education, in Athletics, and Books to show what my life is all about. Perhaps you were writing about Communication. After you describe in detail, three (3) parts of the subject, such as (a) Spoken Communication, (b) Textual (written) Comunication (c) Public Broadcast Communications. In that case, you can write to tell your readers that you have discussed the three primary means of communication in the world today, the Spoken, Textual, and Public Broadcasting. This is just a form or repeating or repetition of what you discussed in deeper detail in the middle of your composition. An important tool in communication, is REPETITION. This involves learning to say the same thing, but in a different way. A person can learn to write several sentences in sequence that basically, say the exact same thing. First though, just start simple. Find about three things to say about any given subject. . Let me know if I can assist you in the future.--Warm Regards, Bruce
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Don't panic at all, just try the following steps: 1-Try to read different articles about the topic you want to summarize. 2-Try to jot down some needed vocabularies. 3-Try to read the topic you want to summarize. 4-paraphrase and add new ideas to the sentences. Go0o0od luck!!!!!!!!!
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Hola!! Lo más sencillo para resumir en inglés, es hacerlo como en español. Por ejemplo: Si decís "Yo soy de El Salvador, me gusta la comida tailandesa, y hablo español", no decís "Yo soy de El Salvador, a mí me gusta la comida tailandesa, y yo hablo español". Empezar a omitir sujetos sobreentendidos funciona también en inglés: "I'm from El Salvador, like thai food, and speak spanish". Es un ejemplo medio burdo :P pero funciona así. Otra cosa es que en cuanto al lenguaje, el español es más rico, lo que te permite resumir mejor en inglés. Voy a copiar un párrafo de Elpais.com como ejemplo: "Un informe de la policía confirma que en la contabilidad de Correa había billetes de avión a Dublín, Palma, Tenerife, Jerez y Santiago y productos Louis Vuitton para obsequiar a la actual titular de Sanidad. Mato niega haber recibido nada de la trama" Una traducción medio rápida pero completa sería: "A police report indicates that in the accounting books of Correa, they have found air tickets to Dublin, Palma, Tenerife, Jerez and Santiago, and Louis Vutton products to give as a gift to the actual Ministry of Health. Mato denies having received anything from the plot". Entonces, para resumir, se acortan verbos, y se reescribe, de alguna manera, sintetizando: "A police report indicates that in Correa's ledgers they've found air tickets to different destinations, and some luxury products to give to the Ministry of Health. Mato denies having received anything." De alguna manera, omitir cosas innecesarias, acortar verbos, y omitir pronombres cuando hay sujeto "oculto" (esto es, sobreentendido) es lo que me funciona a mí.

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