Summary and information transfer
Summary and information transfer tests your ability to reduce a Khoekhoegowab passage to its main points and move information into a table, form, notice or short paragraph. The skill is selection: you keep the writer's central claims and discard examples, repetition and decoration.
Core rules
- Find the topic sentence of each paragraph and the linking words that show addition, contrast, cause or result.
- Group repeated ideas under one heading; do not list the same point twice.
- Keep figures, names, dates and places exactly as given.
- Paraphrase in your own Khoekhoegowab; do not lift whole sentences.
- Respect the word limit. A 30-word summary needs about three or four short clauses, not an introduction.
- In information transfer, match the label in the table: 'service', 'time', 'gap', 'responsible person'. Put the detail in the correct column.
Worked example
Suppose a passage says a village clinic opens at 07:00, serves about 60 patients a day, and has no maternity room. The task asks for a three-row table: service, time, gap. Service: clinic consultations; time: 07:00 daily; gap: no maternity room. The reasoning is that '60 patients' is supporting detail, not a column heading, so it is left out unless the table asks for numbers. If the task asks for a 25-word summary, write: 'The clinic opens at 07:00, sees about 60 patients daily, and lacks a maternity room.' That is 17 words; add the main effect only if the passage states it.
Traps
Copying sentences; adding your opinion; missing a point hidden in a subordinate clause; changing a number; putting information in the wrong column; exceeding the limit and losing concise marks.