![12. Record the details of the original source
(author’s name/s, date of publication, title,
publisher, place of publishing, and URL [if
online]). It is not necessary to indicate the
page number/s of the original text in citing
sources in summaries.
13. Format your summary properly. When you
combine your summaries in a paragraph, use
different formats to show variety in writing.](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/accomplishmentreportnov1-5-241210093937-e486f178/85/BEST-PRACTICES-IN-SUMMARIZING-ACADEMIC-TEXTS-17-320.jpg)
BEST PRACTICES IN SUMMARIZING ACADEMIC TEXTS
- 1. Activity 1. Read the following statements below and identify the situations that describe best practices in summarizing. Then, write S if the statement portrays good summarizing and N if not.
- 2. 1. Sean copied everything from the book. 2. Tomas extracted the key ideas in the text. 3. Red concentrated on the important details. 4. Anita looked for key words and phrases. 5. Sen simplified ideas
- 3. 6. Kai revised the main idea. 7. To add more information, Alexa added her analysis and comments to the ideas of the author. 8. Maria wrote down the general and specific ideas of the text. 9. Sean added some of his related research to the information presented in the text. 10. Lalaine extended the message of the text and included some of her interpretations.
- 4. Competency: Uses various techniques in summarizing a variety of an academic text (CS_EN11/12AEAPP-Ia-c-5)
- 5. Objectives: - Discuss summarizing, its techniques and formats
- 7. Guide questions: What is a summary? How to summarize? What are the guidelines in summarizing? What are the formats in summarizing?
- 8. A summary or a precis is a synopsis or digest of the essence of an entire text. Usually, a summary is included in reviews (as in a review of a book or an academic text) or a literary critique (as in a summary of a short story or a novel).
- 10. • deepen your understanding of the text; • learn to identify relevant information or key ideas; • combine details or examples that support the main idea/s; • concentrate on the gist or main idea and key words presented in the text; and, • capture the key ideas in the text and put them together clearly and concisely.
- 12. • write down everything • write down ideas from text word-for-word; • write down incoherent and irrelevant ideas; • write down ideas that are not stated in the text; or • write down a summary that has the same length or is longer than the original text.
- 13. Guidelines in Summarizing 1. Clarify your purpose before you read. 2. Read the text and understand the meaning. Do not stop reading until you understand the message conveyed by the author. Locate the gist or main idea of the text, which can usually be found either at the beginning, in the middle, or in the end.
- 14. 3. Select and underline or circle the key ideas and phrases while reading; another strategy is to annotate the text. 4. Write all the key ideas and phrases you identified on the margins or on your notebook in a bullet or outline form.
- 15. 5. Without looking at the text, identify the connections of these key ideas and phrases using a concept map. 6. List your ideas in sentence form in a concept map. 7. Combine the sentences into a paragraph. Use appropriate transitional devices to improve cohesion.
- 16. 8. Ensure that you do not copy a single sentence from the original text. 9. Refrain from adding comments about the text. Stick to the ideas it presents. 10. Edit the draft of your summary by eliminating redundant ideas. 11. Compare your output with the original text to ensure accuracy.
- 17. 12. Record the details of the original source (author’s name/s, date of publication, title, publisher, place of publishing, and URL [if online]). It is not necessary to indicate the page number/s of the original text in citing sources in summaries. 13. Format your summary properly. When you combine your summaries in a paragraph, use different formats to show variety in writing.
- 19. 1. Idea Heading Format In this format, the ➢ summarized idea comes before the citation. Example: Benchmarking is a useful strategy that has the potential to help public officials improve the performance of local services (Folz, 2004; Ammons, 2001). Once the practice of a particular city is benchmarked, it can be a guidepost and the basis for the other counterparts to improve its own.
- 20. 2. Author Heading Format In this ➢ format, the summarized idea comes after the citation. The author’s name/s is/are connected by an appropriate reporting verb.
- 21. Example: The considerable number of users of FB has led educators to utilize FB for communicating with their students (Grant, 2008; as cited in Donmus, 2010). The study of Kabilan, Ahmad, and Abidin (2010) shows that the students perceived FB as an online environment to expedite language learning specifically English.
- 22. 3. Date Heading Format In this ➢ format, the summarized idea comes after the date when the material was published.
- 23. Example: On the other hand, active participation of the citizens in development contributes to a sound and reasonable government decisions. In their 2004 study on the impact of participatory development approach, Irvin and Stansbury argue that participation can be valuable to the participation and the government in terms of the process and outcomes of decision making.