Paraphrasing
Paraphrasing is one of the most effective skills in language learning. However, it is one of the most difficult tasks for EFL learners. A lot of learners are usually confused with the big term which makes them mistake it for summarizing. Paraphrasing and summarizing indeed overlap in some way, but they are not exactly the same. Citing from Cambridge Advanced Dictionary, paraphrasing is a skill to clearly repeat something written or spoken by using the presenter own words, often in a humorous or a simpler form. One thing needs to be emphasized: the presenter, either the speaker or the writer, cannot loose the original meaning; instead, he or she needs to stick with the primary information and make it clear. By contrast, summarizing is to express the most important facts or ideas about something or someone in a short and clear form. There are three kinds of summaries in general. They are brief, extended, and summary-response summaries. A brief summary only focuses on the author’s main idea usually presented at the beginning, but it excludes quotations, detailed, supporting examples. An extended summary has similar steps as a brief summary, but it contains more detail than a brief summary, and it is longer. A summary-response summary gives a brief summary first and then the presenter’s own arguments with supporting ideas, such as explanations, facts, examples, statistics, or references to authority. Even so, learners still prefer to use a source's exact words while they are summarizing or paraphrasing. In fact, both of the two skills should be reminded to escape from using the exact words especially in succession. The following are the examples of paraphrasing.
Venus Flytrap
Venus flytrap is a kind of plant, but it is a special and dangerous plant. It is carnivorous, not vegetarian. In other words, it makes its food from meat, that is, insects, not from dew or sunlight. However, it looks like the other plants with a long narrow stem (i.e. a stalk) and leaves. Differently, each of its leaves has sharp spines which look like sharp teeth. So when insects land on its leaves, they would be trapped by these spines. Then, the Venus flytrap would pour poison over it and eat it. But why do insects allure to the Venus flytrap? Why does the Venus flytrap know insects come to it? The Venus flytrap has sweet aroma which makes insects think there is food there. Also, the hair adherent to leaves inform that there is food coming again.
Paraphrasing is one of the most effective skills in language learning. However, it is one of the most difficult tasks for EFL learners. A lot of learners are usually confused with the big term which makes them mistake it for summarizing. Paraphrasing and summarizing indeed overlap in some way, but they are not exactly the same. Citing from Cambridge Advanced Dictionary, paraphrasing is a skill to clearly repeat something written or spoken by using the presenter own words, often in a humorous or a simpler form. One thing needs to be emphasized: the presenter, either the speaker or the writer, cannot loose the original meaning; instead, he or she needs to stick with the primary information and make it clear. By contrast, summarizing is to express the most important facts or ideas about something or someone in a short and clear form. There are three kinds of summaries in general. They are brief, extended, and summary-response summaries. A brief summary only focuses on the author’s main idea usually presented at the beginning, but it excludes quotations, detailed, supporting examples. An extended summary has similar steps as a brief summary, but it contains more detail than a brief summary, and it is longer. A summary-response summary gives a brief summary first and then the presenter’s own arguments with supporting ideas, such as explanations, facts, examples, statistics, or references to authority. Even so, learners still prefer to use a source's exact words while they are summarizing or paraphrasing. In fact, both of the two skills should be reminded to escape from using the exact words especially in succession. The following are the examples of paraphrasing.
Venus Flytrap
Venus flytrap is a kind of plant, but it is a special and dangerous plant. It is carnivorous, not vegetarian. In other words, it makes its food from meat, that is, insects, not from dew or sunlight. However, it looks like the other plants with a long narrow stem (i.e. a stalk) and leaves. Differently, each of its leaves has sharp spines which look like sharp teeth. So when insects land on its leaves, they would be trapped by these spines. Then, the Venus flytrap would pour poison over it and eat it. But why do insects allure to the Venus flytrap? Why does the Venus flytrap know insects come to it? The Venus flytrap has sweet aroma which makes insects think there is food there. Also, the hair adherent to leaves inform that there is food coming again.
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