Direct Paraphrasing

Description: Ask students to paraphrase part of a lesson for a specific audience and purpose, using their own words. (e.g. explaining a diagnosis to a patient)

Benefits: Paraphrasing helps students practice their future interactions with patients. Students improve conversations skills. By explaining concepts to “patients”, they practice putting difficult concepts into layman’s terms, and teaching to others helps students retain their knowledge as well.

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direct paraphrasing