Reporting - paraphrase, summary and synthesis Test 1. Paraphrase 1 Read the following text and write a paraphrase - remember to use your own words. Show your answers to someone. If you are in one of my classes, e-mail the paraphrase to me. There was a time, not so long ago, when the words 'correspondence tuition' conjured up a method of learning which seemed drab, second-rate and the private pursuit of a small and rather secretive minority. The success of the Open University in Britain has certainly changed all that. Open University course materials are so confidently and attractively designed that they have occasionally even been accused of flashiness. The University's materials and methods are open to anyone's inspection - indeed they are also the basis of a brisk and growing export business. The Open University has turned correspondence teaching into a major and thoroughly respectable method of adult learning. 2. Paraphrase 2 Go to your library and find an interesting textbook. Choose a useful paragraph and paraphrase the author's work - remember to use your own words. Show your answers to someone. If you are in one of my classes, e-mail the paraphrase to me. 3. Summary 1 Read the following text and summarise Garfinkel's findings. Remember to use your own words. Show your answers to someone. If you are in one of my classes, e-mail the synthesis to me. Garfinkel once asked some of his students to behave in their own homes as if they were lodgers and