ENGL6163 – English Professional

Summarizing and Paraphrasing texts

Creating Business Promotion Tool (Leaflet)
Week 10
Session 14
 Session 13

Topic:
Summarizing and Paraphrasing texts

Language Skill:
• Listening
• Speaking

Language Focus:
• Listening Skill: Taking notes from some
lecturers
• Speaking Skill: Practicing the opening, main,
and closing parts of a short business
presentation
 Listening Skill: Taking notes

Example:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSYnGhlnzyw
Picture 1***
 Listening Skill: Taking notes
from some lecturers
Listen and take a note
from 5 different
lecturing such as:
– Education
– Economics
– Law
– Architecture
– Biology, etc Picture 2***
 Speaking Skill: Opening, Main,
and Closing Parts
Opening
• Do greeting and Introduce yourself (as presenter)
• Tell about the topic and coverage (topic and sub topic)
• Tell the reason of choosing that topic (the importance)
• Tell about time limit for the presentation (time and Q&A)
• Do a Hook (bridging)
Main Presentation
• Discuss the topic and sub topics (style, data, and media)
Closing
• Show the important point of the presentation
• Handle a Q&A
• Summarizing the whole session
• Say goodbye and thanking
 Example

• Good morning, everyone. First, let me introduce my

self. My name is Jessica Stephanie, but you can
call me Jessie in short. I am the manager of
Human Resources from Intro-ultra company.
• I’m here today in front of you because I want to tell
you something interesting. It’s about the latest
technology in music. There will be three main parts
in my presentation (A, B, and C)
• My presentation will be about 5 minutes.
• This info will give a benefit for us since we cannot
be separated from music everyday.
• Is there anyone who doesn’t like music here? I will
tell you about MP7 player. This player is very
sophisticated and portable.
 Do a Hook
• Tell a personal story
– “when I was on holiday a few years ago in Greece, I remember talking to
the owner of a taverna. He said to me that in 20 years’ time, the little
island where he lived would be a popular tourist resort.”
• Offer an amazing fact
– “Let me start by giving you a statistic: 92% of all Americans do not posses
a passport. Think about that, & consider the opportunity it presents to
the travel industry.”
• Use a quotation
– “Someone once said that ‘travel broadens the mind’. What I hope to do
in this presentation is to demonstrate how to convince the next
generation of travelers that this is still true.”
• Ask a question
– “I wonder if any of you here know the answer to this question: What’s
the most popular holiday destination in Europe for people under the age
of 25?”
• State a problem
– “We’re facing a crisis with our market share.”
 References
• Picture 1 https://cdn1.tnwcdn.com/wp-
content/blogs.dir/1/files/2014/03/meeting-taking-notes.jpg
• Picture 2 https://tse3.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.vzuBIj-ArS-
Z6FKJu1PAtgHaDj&pid=15.1&P=0&w=352&h=170
Thank You