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00:02	Hi there , my name is Emma and in today's
00:04	video , I'm going to teach you something very important
00:07	for if you're taking any type of test that has
00:10	a writing component . So if you are taking the
00:14	aisles , the Tofel , the cell pip . Um
00:17	, even just a university test , it can be
00:20	any type of test . But if you're asked to
00:22	write something like an essay or a paragraph , this
00:27	video is for you . Okay . So I'm going
00:30	to teach you a very important skill that will help
00:34	improve your marks when it comes to writing on tests
00:38	. So let's get started . Um , so I
00:41	have here an essay question . This question is actually
00:45	, I've seen it on the isles . Um ,
00:47	you know , you have similar types of questions on
00:49	the Tofel . Sometimes in university , the question is
00:53	this education is the single most important factor in the
00:57	development of a country . Do you agree or disagree
01:02	? Or maybe to what extent do you agree or
01:05	disagree ? So this is an example of a question
01:09	you might be asked now , A problem a lot
01:12	of students have is in their answer to this question
01:16	. They see this and they think , okay ,
01:18	education is the most important factor in the development of
01:21	a country . Yes , I agree . So then
01:23	they are , I disagree . And they start writing
01:26	and what do they write ? Usually the very first
01:29	thing students will right is this , I agree that
01:33	education is the single most important factor in the development
01:36	of a country . Because so what is the problem
01:39	with this ? Is there any problem to start off
01:42	your essay with something like this or to start off
01:44	your answer ? There's a big problem . So I
01:48	want you to take a moment and think what could
01:49	be the problem with starting your essay off with the
01:54	sentence . Okay , well if you noticed you have
02:00	here the word education , education is is the single
02:04	most important most important factor . If you notice these
02:08	are the same , they're the exact same . Except
02:11	for I agree that and because the student here has
02:14	used the exact same wording that is in the question
02:19	. So if you do this on the isles and
02:21	many students do this . Same with on the Tofel
02:24	, you actually will lose marks . Um , and
02:27	same within university because you're not showing your abilities ,
02:31	you're just copying what somebody else has said or what
02:36	the essay question is . So in this video ,
02:38	I'm going to show you first off . First off
02:41	, I'm going to tell you don't do this ,
02:43	don't copy . And I'm going to teach you ways
02:46	in order to improve yourself and your answer by changing
02:52	this wording . How can you change your introduction ?
02:55	So it's different than what the question is . Okay
02:59	, so let's look at how to make these changes
03:03	. Okay so what we are going to do in
03:06	order to change the question into a proper answer ,
03:11	that doesn't just copy the question as we are going
03:14	to paraphrase . So the word here is paraphrase ,
03:17	this might be a new word for you . What
03:20	does it mean to paraphrase something ? Well when we
03:23	paraphrase it means we take a sentence that we take
03:29	somebody else's sentence and we change it into our own
03:33	words . Okay , so we changed the words of
03:35	a sentence . Uh we also change maybe the sentence
03:39	structure but we keep all the same meaning . Okay
03:43	, so the meaning from the sentence you copy it
03:46	stays the same same meaning but different words and different
03:50	sentence structure . Okay , so it's in your words
03:54	but this other person's meaning . So we are going
03:57	to paraphrase um this example of a question into our
04:02	own words . And so first we're going to look
04:05	at how to do that using vocabulary and synonyms .
04:09	So we have here the same question . Education is
04:12	the single most important factor in the development of a
04:15	country . How can we put this into new words
04:19	or our own words that keep the same meaning ?
04:22	Well , we can use synonyms . So this might
04:25	be a new word for you . To a synonym
04:28	, synonyms are words that have the same meaning but
04:31	are different words . So for example , big and
04:36	large . They have the same meaning just like huge
04:40	, enormous . These are synonyms of each other ,
04:43	same meaning but they're different words . So you need
04:46	to use different synonyms . So you don't just copy
04:49	these words . Uh you use synonyms to have words
04:53	that have the same meaning but are different words .
04:57	So let's look at an example . Our first word
04:59	here is education . What's another word we can use
05:04	instead of instead of education ? Well there's different words
05:08	we can use . Maybe one could be schooling .
05:12	Okay . So we could change this word to schooling
05:15	. Schooling is the single most important factor in the
05:17	development of a country . What's another word ? We
05:20	can change ? Well , maybe most important . Instead
05:24	of using the word Most important , maybe we could
05:27	use . Most significant or most essential . Okay .
05:32	So essential , significant . There are many words you
05:36	can use . But the point here is find a
05:39	word that has the same meaning but is a different
05:42	word . Um Okay . Here's another word factor .
05:46	Can you think of another word for factor ? Well
05:51	sometimes factor it can be an aspect or an element
05:56	. Okay . Um you can even say sometimes a
05:59	significant role . Okay . Or apart . So there's
06:02	different words we can use that have similar meanings .
06:07	In terms of the word development , we can change
06:11	the word development to advancement progression . Evolution . Okay
06:18	. And in terms of the word country , another
06:21	word for country is nation . Okay . So these
06:25	are all synonyms and this is what you want to
06:27	do when you look at the question , think about
06:30	some new words you can use that have the same
06:32	meaning . Um , this is also important throughout your
06:36	essay because one problem a lot of students have is
06:39	they keep using the same word again and again and
06:42	again in every sentence . This does not help you
06:46	with your marks . It's better to use different words
06:48	that have the same meaning at the same time .
06:51	You have to be careful here because some students uh
06:55	, they find a new word . They think it's
06:57	a great word . Um , but there is a
06:59	little bit of a difference in meaning . So you
07:01	need to be really comfortable with the words you choose
07:05	and you need to know what it actually means .
07:08	So it doesn't sound strange . Okay , so if
07:10	we wanted to change this now , instead of saying
07:13	education is the single most important factor in the development
07:17	of a country . Our paraphrase our first step in
07:20	our paraphrase could be changing these words to schooling is
07:24	the single most significant element in the advancement of a
07:31	nation . Okay , so that's just one example .
07:35	Um so now let's look at another thing you can
07:37	do in order to paraphrase the question on a test
07:41	or exam . Okay . Another way we can paraphrase
07:45	is by changing the structure of the sentence . So
07:48	for example , you might have a verb and you
07:52	know which is an action and you might change that
07:55	into its noun form . So for example , if
07:58	your verb is um developing , you might change that
08:02	into development , you might change similarly announce into a
08:07	verb . Okay , so for example , we just
08:10	said uh uh development is the now it can turn
08:16	into develop or developing . You can also change things
08:20	into adjectives . So if for example , you're talking
08:23	about technology , which is a noun , you can
08:26	change this into the adjective form , which is technological
08:30	. So changing the form of the word can help
08:33	you with paraphrasing . Also changing the placement of the
08:38	words can help you out . So for example ,
08:40	in our original sentence or the question was education is
08:45	the single most important factor in the development of a
08:48	country . So I've now changed some of the wording
08:52	as well as the order . Okay , so here
08:54	education is at the beginning in my sentence , the
08:58	most essential element of a nation's development is education .
09:02	I've changed the order of the sentence . So now
09:05	education is at the end instead of at the beginning
09:08	. Um I've also started out with the most essential
09:12	as my beginning , whereas here it was in the
09:14	middle . Um you'll also notice we have here in
09:21	the development of a country . I've changed this to
09:24	nations development . I could also also change this to
09:28	um country's development instead of the development of a country
09:34	. So changing the order of the sentence and changing
09:37	some of the structures can really help you in terms
09:40	of paraphrasing . Now let's learn one other way in
09:42	which we can improve our marks by paraphrasing . Okay
09:48	, so the last tip I have about paraphrasing a
09:50	question is using concessions . So what is a confession
09:55	? Well , I want you to look at what
09:57	the question actually says and my new answer to it
10:01	. The question again . Same question as before .
10:03	Education is the single most important factor in the development
10:08	of a country . My answer , Okay , so
10:11	I've changed some words and I've also changed the structure
10:14	of it . But there's one other thing I've added
10:17	, although many would argue that the economy is the
10:21	most important factor in nation building . I think education
10:25	has a far greater impact . So what I've done
10:29	here is I've added a concession . A concession is
10:34	where you say what the opposite opinion is and then
10:39	you say what your opinion is . So you're giving
10:42	to opinions , you're giving your opinion and also what
10:47	other people might think this is a great thing to
10:50	do , especially in essays . And this is something
10:52	you can do at the beginning of your answer .
10:56	So we use here the key word although Okay .
11:02	And you'll notice that this has to clauses I don't
11:07	want to get too technical with grammar on you today
11:10	, but what I mean is if you see we
11:12	have the red part , although many would argue that
11:15	the economy is the most important factor in nation building
11:19	and then we have a second part . So we
11:21	have two parts to this sentence . I think education
11:26	has a far greater impact . So the first part
11:28	of the sentence is in red and it's the although
11:31	part and the second part of the sentence is in
11:35	purple . Okay . And that's I think education has
11:39	a far greater impact . Um and they're separated by
11:44	a comma . So a concession has two parts to
11:48	it . You say what the other people think first
11:51	in this case , although many , many meaning people
11:56	, we could also say many people , although many
11:59	would argue that the economy is the most important factor
12:03	in nation building . Okay , so this is what
12:05	some people would say . Now . I'm going to
12:08	say what I think , I think education has a
12:12	far greater impact . So why is this a good
12:16	idea ? Well , one reason is because when you
12:20	write a concession , when you're showing what the opposite
12:23	opinion of yours is , you're showing that you thought
12:26	about the issue , okay ? You're looking at both
12:30	sides , you're not just looking at your opinion ,
12:33	you're looking at both sides and then you're making a
12:36	judgment . So this shows that you're thinking about the
12:40	question and you're you're really giving it some thought and
12:43	by representing both sides , you're really showing critical thinking
12:47	. So this is a very good idea to do
12:50	. Okay , so , the three things we've talked
12:51	about today in terms of paraphrasing the question is changing
12:56	the words using synonyms . We've talked about changing the
13:00	sentence structure , and we've also talked about adding the
13:05	other perspective using concessions . Okay , so these are
13:09	three things you can do in order to change the
13:12	question . So you're not just copying what is on
13:16	your test paper again ? Great thing to do if
13:19	you're writing a high school essay , university , s
13:23	a um Tofel else sell pipe , all of these
13:26	things . This skill will really come in handy for
13:29	you now . You might be wondering , okay ,
13:32	this is great . But I don't know any synonyms
13:35	or I you know , I don't know much about
13:37	this . Well what you can do is you can
13:39	come check out our website at www dot dot com
13:43	. There you can find a lot of other resources
13:45	, including improving your vocabulary . Um we even have
13:49	a video on how to make concessions . Uh you
13:53	know , we have videos on sentence structure to so
13:55	there's a lot of videos you can check out and
13:57	a lot of resources . You can also come visit
14:00	our website where you will find a quiz . And
14:03	by taking that quiz , you can actually practice .
14:06	You're paraphrasing skills so you can see , you know
14:09	, am I doing this right ? Is this ,
14:11	you know , is this the right way to do
14:13	this and get more practice ? So I hope you've
14:16	enjoyed this video and until next time . Take care
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