Summarizing the main idea

Practice for the communicative skill of listening, subskill summarizing the main idea.

The PTE Academic item types where this subskill is tested are

Click on the link below for more information on the resource	Summary of how this subskill is practiced in each resource
Academic Listening Encounters: Human Behavior	summarizing and restating information after listening
Academic Listening Encounters: Life in Society	using notes to write a summary
Lecture Ready 1	recognizing the main idea and important information in a lecture
Lecture Ready 2	recognizing main ideas and important information in a lecture, recognizing non-verbal indicators of important ideas in a lecture
NorthStar Listening and Speaking 4	summarizing main ideas
Open Forum 2	summarizing after listening
Open Forum 3	listening for main ideas, using paraphrase to work out meaning
Reason to Write Low Intermediate	summarizing a discussion