Reading: Skimming & Scanning (Efficiently): B2 Lesson 2: Systematically Scanning Longer and More Dense Texts for Specific Information

Interactive English Lesson: Summarizing B1
Reading B1: Lesson 4
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What is a Summary?

តើអ្វីទៅជាការសង្ខេប?

Summarizing is making a long text shorter by keeping only the most important parts.

ការសង្ខេប គឺការធ្វើឱ្យអត្ថបទវែងក្លាយជាខ្លី ដោយរក្សាទុកតែចំណុចដែលសំខាន់បំផុត។
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Step 1: Search search

ជំហានទី១៖ ស្វែងរកគំនិតសំខាន់
Find the Main Idea. ស្វែងរកគំនិតសំខាន់។
Look for the Topic Sentence. ស្វែងរកប្រយោគប្រធាន (ជាទូទៅនៅដើមកថាខណ្ឌ)។
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Step 2: Select fact_check

ជំហានទី២៖ ជ្រើសរើសចំណុចគាំទ្រ
Pick the important facts. ជ្រើសរើសយកតែការពិតសំខាន់ៗ។
Ignore small details. មិនបាច់ខ្វល់ពីចំណុចលម្អិតតូចតាចពេកទេ។ (ឧ. ការពណ៌នាវែងឆ្ងាយ)
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Step 3: Shrink edit_note

ជំហានទី៣៖ បង្រួមអត្ថបទ
Write it shorter. សរសេរវាឱ្យខ្លីជាងមុន។
Use your own words. ប្រើពាក្យពេចន៍ផ្ទាល់ខ្លួនរបស់អ្នក (កុំចម្លងទាំងស្រុង)។
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Do not add your own thoughts!

(កុំបញ្ចូលមតិផ្ទាល់ខ្លួន! ការសង្ខេប គឺគ្រាន់តែរាយការណ៍ពីអ្វីដែលអត្ថបទដើមបាននិយាយប៉ុណ្ណោះ។)
"The book says dogs are loyal, but I prefer cats." close
(Opinion! មតិផ្ទាល់ខ្លួន) ❌
"The text explains that dogs are very loyal pets." check_circle
(Summary! ការសង្ខេបត្រឹមត្រូវ) ✅
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Quick Check bolt

ការត្រួតពិនិត្យរហ័ស
Definition Check
What is a summary?
(តើអ្វីទៅជាការសង្ខេបអត្ថបទ?)
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The 3 S's
Which step is about finding the Topic Sentence?
(តើជំហានមួយណាដែលទាក់ទងនឹងការស្វែងរកប្រយោគប្រធាន?)
TRAP QUESTION! error
What should you NEVER include in a summary?
(តើអ្វីដែលអ្នកមិនគួរដាក់បញ្ចូលក្នុងការសង្ខេបអត្ថបទ?)
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Practice Summarizing
"Apples are very healthy. They have lots of vitamins like Vitamin C. Also, eating them gives you energy for the day." Choose the best summary:
(តើមួយណាជាការសង្ខេបដ៏ល្អបំផុត?)
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True or False
A summary is just copying the first and last sentence of a paragraph.
(ការសង្ខេប គឺគ្រាន់តែការចម្លងប្រយោគទី១ និងប្រយោគចុងក្រោយនៃកថាខណ្ឌ។)
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Mission my_location

អនុវត្តផ្ទាល់!
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Mission my_location

អនុវត្តផ្ទាល់!
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Mission my_location

អនុវត្តផ្ទាល់!

The 3 S's movie

មេរៀនជាវីដេអូ

Watch Teacher Sopheak explain how to shrink a long text using the 3 S's: Search, Select, and Shrink!

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តើអ្នកមានចម្ងល់មែនទេ? សួរគ្រូនៅទីនេះ!
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Recent Questions

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Sovan 2 hours ago

Teacher, can I put my own opinion in a summary?

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Sopheak Pich Teacher 1 hour ago

No, Sovan! That is a very common trap! A summary must only contain the facts and ideas from the original text. Save your opinion for the review! warning

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Visal 5 hours ago

How long should a summary be?

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Sopheak Pich Teacher 4 hours ago

Usually, it should be about 1/3 or 1/4 the length of the original text. So if you read a paragraph of 4 sentences, try to summarize it in 1 sentence! compress

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Minea 8 hours ago

Do I need to copy the exact words from the text?

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Sopheak Pich Teacher 7 hours ago

Try to avoid that! A good summary uses your OWN words. This proves that you truly understand what you just read. edit_note

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