TOEFL® Tip: Practice Summarizing to Improve Writing

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TOEFL® Tip: Practice Summarizing to Improve Writing

Find listening and reading material on a single topic on the Internet or in the library. The material can provide similar or different views. Take notes on the written and spoken portions and then:

  • Summarize the information and ideas in both the written and spoken portions.
  • Synthesize the information and discuss how the reading and listening materials relate.
  • Explain how the ideas expressed are similar, how one idea expands upon another, or how the ideas are different or contradict each other.

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