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In this unit you will focus on paraphrasing text. This is really a process of turning what you are reading into ‘your own words’, which is an essential skill at university.
By the end of this unit you will be able to:
Reading at university usually leads to writing: for example, an essay, notes for a seminar, or ideas for a presentation. This is really a process of turning reading into ‘your own words’. The two main ways of doing this are paraphrasing and summarising.
In this unit you will practise strategies for paraphrasing sentences. This unit is an adapted extract from the course English for academic purposes online (L185) [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)] .
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