| Parameter |
Written Summary |
Spoken Summary |
| Amount of information being summarised |
Definite (a particular source text) |
Vague (personal knowledge of the world, anything heard of or read by a speaker) |
| Mode of production |
Thoroughly planned, written and edited |
Spontaneously produced as a response to a question |
| Cognitive load |
Understanding and paraphrasing what others have written or said |
Searching for feelings and ideas associated with the question raised |
| Language means |
Terms, complex lexical and syntactical units |
Neutral, close to conversation |
| Strategies as a plan to achieve a goal |
Identifying and stating the main arguments and supporting evidence according to a template |
Trying to find something important to say about the phenomenon in question |
