The document discusses techniques for summarizing academic texts. It defines summarizing as creating a brief restatement of a text's main ideas and key points using as few words as possible. The document outlines two main aims of summarizing: to reproduce the main idea and key points of a text. It also notes several benefits of summarizing, such as improving comprehension and evaluating what is understood from the original text. Additionally, the document provides tips for summarizing, such as identifying the main idea and crucial details, as well as highlighting key points. Finally, it presents examples of summarizing short passages and using graphic organizers to summarize information visually.

1. English for Academic
and Professional
Purposes

2. Lesson 3
Use various techniques in
summarizing a variety of
academic texts

5. What is it
summarizing
• When retelling a movie
• When recalling how your day was
• When telling stories about you
love life.

6. • A brief restatement of the texts
main points.
• Selecting out key features of a
text to create a shorter version.
summarizing

7. 1. To reproduce the main
idea and key points of
a text.
2. To restate these in as
few words as possible.
Two aims of summarizing

8. • The main idea is topic
of the text.
• Key points are
arguments used to
explain the main idea.
note

9. • You cannot add any opinion in the
summary.
• Do not quote extensively to avoid
Plagiarism.
• Use quotation marks (“”) to indicate
copied Key terms.
reminder

10. 1. It helps you to learn to identify key
ideas of a text and ignore irrelevant
information.
2. It improves our memory and by
extension, our comprehension.
3. It is an effective tool to self-evaluate
what is understood about original text.
Benefits of summarizing

11. 1. Read the text very carefully.
2. Ask yourself these questions:
a) What is the Main Idea?
b) What are the crucial details
necessary for supporting the
ideas?
Summarizing tips

12. 3. Highlight, underline, or jot down
what you think is the main points of
the text.
4. When summarizing an entire
essay, outline first the writers
argument.
5. Summarize in chronological
Summarizing tips

13. “Children spend a very large proportion of their daily lives
in school. They go there to learn, not only in a narrow
academic sense, but in the widest possible interpretation
of the word- about themselves, about being a person
within a group of others, about the community in which
they live, and about the world around them. Schools
provide the setting in which such learning takes place.”
- Leyden, S. 1985. Helping the child of exceptional ability.
London: Croom Helm, p.38.
Example no. 1

14. The MAIN IDEA is in the TOPIC
SENTENCE which is either the
FIRST or LAST sentence.
remember

15. “Children spend a very large proportion of their daily lives in
school. They go there to learn, not only in a narrow academic
sense, but in the widest possible interpretation of the world -
about themselves, about being a person within a group of
others, about the community in which they live, and about the
world around them. Schools provide the setting in which
such learning takes place.”
- Leyden, S. 1985. Helping the child of exceptional ability. London: Croom Helm,
p.38.
• Schools are places for children to learn about life,
themselves, other people, as well as academic
information.
Summary:

16. “From 93 million in 2015, the country has a total
population of 103.3 million today. This number is
composed of 15% senior citizens, 49.5%youth (14-40
years old), 20.5% other adults (41-59 years old), and
15% children (13 years old and below). These
percentage are estimates as they change through
mortality and aging.”
- Cojuanco, N. (2016). Various Sectors of the Philippines, page 5
Example no. 2

17. “From 93 million in 2015, the country has a total
population of 103.3 million today. This number is
composed of 15% senior citizens, 49.5%youth (14-40 years
old), 20.5% other adults (41-59 years old), and 15% children
(13 years old and below). These percentage are estimates
as they change through mortality and aging.”
- Cojuanco, N. (2016). Various Sectors of the Philippines, page 5
• The Philippines has a population of 103.3 million
composed of senior citizens, mid-life adults, children,
and the youth as the biggest fraction.
Summary:

18. 1. Reference Citation
Techniques in summarizing
• Reference
means
source/author.
• Citation means
mentioning or
recognition

19. 1. Reference Citation
Techniques in summarizing
Format 1:
• Author Citation in
the Body of the
sentence.
Format 2:
• Author Citation in
brackets

20. “From 93 million in 2015, the country has a
total population of 103.3 million today. This
number is composed of 15% senior citizens,
49.5%youth (14-40 years old), 20.5% other
adults (41-59 years old), and 15% children (13
years old and below). These percentage are
estimates as they change through mortality and
aging.”
- Cojuanco, N. (2016). Various Sectors of the Philippines,
page 5

21. • The Philippines has a population of 103.3 million
composed of senior citizens, mid-life adults,
children, and the youth as the biggest fraction.
Summary:
- Cojuanco, N. (2016). Various Sectors of the Philippines, page 5
Author Citation in the body of the sentence:
• Cojuanco (2016) reported that the Philippines has a
population of 103.3 million composed of senior citizens,
mid-life adults, children, and the youth as the biggest
fraction.
• According to Cojuanco (2016)…
• Cojuanco (2016) stated that…

22. Author Citation in brackets:
• The Philippines has a population of 103.3 million
composed of senior citizens, mid-life adults, children, and
and the youth as the biggest fraction (Cojuanco, 2016).
Author Citation in the body of the sentence:
• Cojuanco (2016) reported that the Philippines has a
population of 103.3 million composed of senior citizens,
mid-life adults, children, and the youth as the biggest
fraction.
• According to Cojuanco (2016)…
• Cojuanco (2016) stated that…

23. 2. Graphic Organizing
Techniques in summarizing
• Graphic Organizers are shapes, lines,
drawings, or sketches that are use to
make a visual display of key
information.

24. Examples of graphic organizers
• T-Chart
- Comparison
- Cause and effect
-
Mnemonic/Acronyms

25. Examples of graphic organizers
• Grid
- Comparison
- Changes over time
- Charts

26. Examples of graphic organizers
• Spider Map
- Brainstorming Ideas
- Vocabulary
- Examples of a
Central Topic

27. Examples of graphic organizers
• Timeline
- Historical events
- Sequencing
- Biography

28. Examples of graphic organizers
• Table
- all types of
data

29. Examples of graphic organizers
• Venn Diagram
- comparison
and contrast

30. Examples of graphic organizers
• H Graph
- comparison
and contrast

31. Examples of graphic organizers
• Fish Bone
- Cause and
effect

32. Examples of graphic organizers
• Pie Graph
- Compositions
and fractions

33. Examples of graphic organizers
• Bar Graph
- Comparisons
and contrast
- Tracking
progress or growth

34. Examples of graphic organizers
• Line Graph
- Comparisons
and contrast
- Tracking
progress or growth

35. “From 93 million in 2015, the
country has a total population
of 103.3 million today. This
number is composed of 15%
senior citizens, 49.5% youth (14-
40 years old), 20.5% other
adults (41-59 years old), and
15% children (13 years old and
below). These percentage are
estimates as they change
through mortality and aging.”
- Cojuanco, N. (2016). Various Sectors of
the Philippines, page 5
15%
50%
20%
15%
2015 Population Sectors
Senior Citizens
Youth
Mid-life Adults
Children

41. Performance Task no. 1.5