ORAL SUMMARY

ORAL SUMMARY

Oral summary definition: 
"Students learn how to verbally summarize sections of a text, chapters, articles, or chunks of a text." (Miller & Vaetch, 2011) In this image above, a girl is using expression while speaking. When giving an oral summary a student should be talking with expression, accuracy, and using hand gestures. It makes the oral summarization more exciting and alive. Students should also vary with their pitch. An oral summary should be brief such as a complete paragraph. For some teachers an oral summary can even be a page long if a student is summarizing a long chapter or text.

How you may use it: 

A teacher can use this strategy by selecting a text to be read aloud to the class. The teacher will model a think aloud on how to create an oral summary of the text. Then read a paragraph aloud and have students think-pair-share discussing what they would say as an oral summary of the segment of the text. Have students read independently a segment next or with a partner and share an oral summary of the text with a partner. Another way this strategy can be used is students write their written summary on a poster board. They present the poster using their public speaking to orally summarize a part of a text. This is a two step strategy where students have to brainstorm, write their summary, and then orally present it with expression.


How it will benefit student learning:

It will allow students to communicate in a face to face or group setting, which is a necessary skill for students to be successful in the future. It also allows students to be able to work through specific problems that they normally wouldn't think about. Talking orally helps them solve problems they are having. It's also beneficial in the professional world how you present yourself speaking orally with correct grammar, vocabulary, body language, and eye contact.

So, to finish, an oral summary will be like the example of the video: