First Reflection

 

Our first practice summary was on desert police patrols. It wasn’t that difficult. Mr. Hedley gave us lots of advice on how to make a good summary. His advice was to look at the title of the passage and understand what the topic of the passage is, then skim it for the main ideas, and look more carefully at the opening and closing paragraphs. Mr. Hedley’s advice was to get rid of any names or quotations.

The second summary we had, the first graded task, was about traffic accidents being the major cause of child death in the UAE. Mr. Hedley’s advice was to have fewer numbers and percentages in the summary, though, to include some official figures. He corrected our summary and we posted it in the blog.

The third summary, the second graded task, was about a pearl diving tour, a new eco tour in waters off Dubai. The pearl diving tour will attempt to recreate the true diving experience for locals and tourists. At first when I was writing the summary I thought I had to write a summary about the history of pearl diving, then I realized that I had to write about the new pearl diving tour. I remembered Mr. Hedley’s advice when he said to look at the title of the passage and understand the subject of the passage.