Summarizing


Summarizing is a condensation or a shortened version of a text. Summarizing helps to capture the idea (key) of another author for fewer words than the original. 

There are two type of summary.

1. One-sentence summary
Often used in academic writing as a way to introduce the reader to a source and its author's central idea or thesis statement. It is where the central idea placed into. 

2. Informative summary.
Expressed the original author's main ideas, main supporting details, data and arguments. It is incorporated into longer work. 

Characteristics of Good Summary
1. Appropriate length
2. Uses paraphrase
3. Include main ideas
4. Proper citation

Simply about how to summarize a text
1. Read article carefully
2. Write one very broad thesis statement
3. Identify the main points of the article
4. Write the first draft of the summary
5. Rewrite your summary. 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Week 4: Research Methodology's Assignment

Image
(pic source:  https://www.growthengineering.co.uk/what-is-curiosity/ ) Research Methodology's Assignment Week 4: - 1. Read on what is problem statement, research objectives and research questions. 2. Try to write a page of your own problem statement based on your proposed title. 3. List down your research objectives and research questions Title: The Effectives of OSH in School Program Problem Statement:- Currently there are lots of reports have been received related to school accident. Sekaran (2019) had reported that 17 students hurt in school due to chemical explosion while 70 affected by fumes. The accident was happen in a school in Bayan Lepas. At least 21 students have been killed after a fire broke out at a school in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur have been reported in CNN International (2017). This case have been open the eyes of the community and the safety officer together to enhance the level of safety among students and the school. Ther
Read more

Week 5 : The Reflection of Chapter 1

Image
The chapter 1 have been started with the the introduction of research proposal. My mind started to stuck at the research objectives. However, the research objective is not the core of the subject for the overall study. Someone ever said to me, "the maturity of a thesis is based on the research gap, not the research objectives. From the research gap, we can think how to conduct the research, finding the solutions for the research gap". It is like we want to solve the world problem. The feel of reasoning in problem statement is like, the half of the thesis's heart have been complete. By starting the chapter 1, I can find several problems that related to my study. And of course because of my interest in occupational safety and health field, I do several reading to find the problem present to be investigate. Regarding to the readings, I could see that the implementation is not yet become our culture or in other word, I can say, the OSH Culture in our society. The knowl
Read more

Week 6 : Reflection of Chapter 2

Image
picture source:  https://pro-papers.com/cn/literature-review-writing   In the research proposal, chapter 2 is focusing on Literature Review writing.  The literature review provide a valuable mechanism for remaining informed amidst an ever-increasing body of scientific work. It is a search and evaluation of the available literature in your given subject or chosen topic area. It documents the state of the art with respect to the subject or topic you are writing about. Basically, there are 4 components of a literature review includes: - •a description of the source; •a summary of the source’s main points; •a discussion of gaps in research; •an evaluation of the source’s contribution to the topic. picture source: Koons et al (2019) To systematize this multifaceted process, we present the “why, when, who, what, how, and where” of composing a literature review article. The current work provides structures and guidance for this fundamental effort which can establi
Read more