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Hallo,

Summaries (= Inhaltsangaben, Zusammenfassungen) werden in der Regel im Present geschrieben. Handlungen aus der Vergangenheit können aber durchaus auch im Past Simple und Present Perfect stehen.

- The summary is usually written in the present tense.

- But past events may be reported in the past, future events may be reported in the future.

- Statements or questions which were made in the past may be reported in the past tense or the past perfect.

- Statements and questions which were made in the past but concern the future may be reported in the conditional

(Quelle: kfmaas.de/summary0.html)

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How to approach an unknown non-fictional text

(= is based on facts, real events and / or people)

1.What is the text about?

2.Divide the text into sections / paragraphs / sense units.

3.Outline the theme of the text in key words.

4.What is the author´s intention?

5.What is the author´s attitude towards the subject matter?

6.Analyse language and style of the text.

7.What audience / readers was the text written for?

8.Write a summary of the text.

= short version of the text with only its most important information;

provides reader with a clear idea of what the original text is all about, e.g. the development of the action in a fictional text or the main line of argument in a non-fictional text

a.good understanding of original text in detail.

b.underline main ideas (structure of text may help)

c.no statistics, dates, examples, quotations, stylistic means, details, your own opinion or interpretation

d.author´s point of view

e.follow the order of the original text

f.in your own words

g.in present tense

h.check a - h after writing the summary

9.What are your own reactions to the text and to the subject matter? Do you agree with the author?

10.Is the text convincing? / Was it well written?

© J.Menrath / 2003

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Alle englischen Zeitformen, sowie die Grammatik (Anwendung und Bildung) dazu findet man im Internet z. B. bei ego4u.de und bei englisch-hilfen.de.

:-) AstridDerPu