From my own experience, I can tell you that when students hear they have to retell or render something, they become immediately embarrassed and perplexed. They think if they do not know some of the words, there is’not the ghost of a chance and the task is over for them. But is the situation like that? The teacher wants to hear the way you talk and not repeat word for word like in the text. Of course, the idea or message is very important to be produced, but it may be presented in another words and “decorated” with additional expressions and phrases like the following: opening and final phrases. They will give you the sense of confidence and certain sequance which is important while speaking. Let us have a look at some of opening phrases:
The text is about…
According to the text…
The problem of…
The text deals with the issue of…
It is clear for the text that…
The author make it clear that…
Among other things the text raises the issue of …
The problem of…is of great importance
One of the main points to be singled out is…
Great importance is also attached to …
In this connection, I’d like to say…
It further says that…
I find the question of… very important because…
We shouldn’t forget that…
I think that…should be mentioned here as a very important mechanism of…
I’d like to stress the point that…
I’d like to draw the attention of…to the fact that…
I’d like to suggest; remind
Final phrases:
Finally we can come to the conclusion that …
As a conclusion it is possible to say that…
I want to say that I absolutely agree with the author concerning…
