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Lesson: How to Summarize Information

Published on February 20, 2024 | Updated on February 17, 2025

In this lesson, you are going to learn how to make summarize in English about Work-Related Topics


Schema Activation (20 Mins)

Task1A

Answer these questions

We will have a Quizziz game and we will crown the winner and will give him or her a prize which is beyond what a human can get if he or she lived 10 lives.


    Pre-Task #1 (20 Mins)

    Task2A

    You will learn how to use reported speech

    When you want to make a summary, you usually report sentences.

    Reporting sentences is not that hard.

    If the sentence is in the simple present, you need to do this:

    AI stop spammers every day
    BHe/She said that she/he stopped spammers every day

    If the sentence is in the future simple, you need to do this:

    AI will implement security measures
    BHe/She said that she/he would implement security measures

    If the sentence is in the present continuous, you need to do this

    AI am blocking all bots
    BHe/She said that she/he was blocking all bots

    If the sentence is in the past simple, you need to do this

    AI blocked suspicious transactions
    BHe/She said that she/he had blocked suspicious transactions

    Task2B

    Read the sentences and take turns reporting this to your partner


    Pre-Task #2 (20 Mins)

    Task3B

    You will read a meeting transcript and you will make a summary of the information given in such document

    John

    Good morning, everyone. Thank you for joining this meeting. As you all know, with the increasing frequency of cyber attacks and scams targeting our bank users, we should protect our customers’ data and assets.

    To be precise, last month, 1000 of our users got all their savings stolen using different scam mechanisms.

    What do you people have in mind?

    Sarah

    We’ll start by enhancing our network security with the implementation of advanced firewalls and intrusion detection systems. We’ll also conduct regular vulnerability assessments and penetration testing to identify and patch any potential weaknesses in our systems.

    Michael

    In terms of customer education, we need to launch an awareness campaign. This should include tutorials on recognizing phishing emails and scams, as well as tips for creating strong passwords and protecting personal information.

    James

    We will monitor any suspicious use of our system by bank employees to make they are not providing sensitive data to scammers. if we find an employees contributing to the cyber security problem, we will take legal action against him or her

    Linda

    Since international transactions seem to be the problem, I will add an option so user can block all international banks transactions if they don’t need them. In case they make international transactions, we will send a transaction via text message so we can take immediate action if necessary


    Pre-Task #3 (30 Mins)

    Task3B

    Create a five point plan to mitigate fraud in bank transactions

    • Make groups of five
    • Create a five point plan to mitigate fraud in bank transactions
    • The plan should be created using Canva or any other similar tool

    Break (25 Mins)

    Task3A

    Take some time off and be back on time

    I need a break

    Main-Task: (45 Mins)

    Task4B

    You will read a meeting transcript and you will make a summary of the information given in such document

    1. Make groups of 5
    2. Summarize the best ideas from the report

    Manuel Campos

    Manuel Campos

    I am Jose Manuel, English professor and creator of EnglishPost.org, a blog whose mission is to share lessons for those who want to learn and improve their English