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Elaboración de resúmenes para la comprensión de textos en inglés

1. Reading for main ideas

Read the text Cloud Computing, available at SENA Library’s databases by following the link
below. To access the library, just login with your ID number.

Dziak, M. (2016). Cloud Computing. Cloud Computing

(ELL), 1.

http://search.ebscohost.com.bdigital.sena.edu.co/login.as
px?direct=true&db=elr&AN=114488477&site=ell-live
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Based on the previous reading, write the required information on the chart below.

Topic: Cloud Computing

Detail #1

Detail #2

Write here
the main Detail #3
idea

Detail #4
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2. Writing a summary
Now, use the information related to the main idea you already identified and the
supporting details you extracted from the passage, to write a summary of the text Cloud
Computing. Use the following template to guide your writing process. Remember that
supporting details can be used to make key points in your summary.

⇒ Bibliographic Information

Author(s) of article: ________________________________________________

Title of article: ___________________________________________________
Name of magazine, newspaper, website, etc. containing the article:
________________________________________________________________
Date article was published and page number: ______________________

⇒ Summary Information

Briefly state the main idea or thesis presented in this article:

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Summarize the most important information, ideas, facts, etc. presented in this article:

1. _____________________________________________________________________
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2. _____________________________________________________________________
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4. _____________________________________________________________________
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5. _____________________________________________________________________
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6. _____________________________________________________________________
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7._____________________________________________________________________

⇒ Summary
Write the final version of your summary here.