Academic English for Tertiary Studies: EAP 5 WEEK 3 WED FILE 11 PARAPHRASING EXERCISES Read the following text. Your task is to paraphrase it following these steps: a) Identify key words (words that can be changed) and specialized words (what the text is actually about) b) Change key words c) Change sentence structure TASK 1 - underline the key words and box thelspecialized wordslin the following text: Both groups were tested by the same examiner, a Mexican-American fluent in both languages. The children were brought individually to a test area where they engaged in spontaneous conversation. For the bilingual children, conversations were conducted in English and Spanish to determine the language in which each child appeared more fluent. Each bilingual subject was tested first in the language in which he demonstrated less fluency so that learning would not be a significant factor in subsequent performance when the test was administered again in the second language [source: R. Welssberg 8 S. Buker, 1980, Writing up research, Prenbie Hall Regents: USA] Page 1 of 3 © UWSCollege Pty LidAcademic English for Tertiary Studies: EAP 5 TASK 2 - replace some of the key vocabulary: both same examiner children brought individually engaged in spontaneous conversation bilingual children conversations conducted determine each child appeared each bilingual subject was first demonstrated significant factor subsequent administered again TASK 3 - paraphrase the text: rewrite the text a different way. HINT: + Replace some keywords with synonyms + Join some sentences together * Split some sentences * Change some verbs to nouns, or nouns to verbs + Add some pronouns Page 2 of 3 © UWSCollege Pty Ltd