Summarizing A Scholarly Journal

Article

originally published by: Writing Centre of University of the Fraser Valley

(2009)

Total page of Article : 3

Summarized  by  :  Bakhreza  A  Talip  (2014)  

Employee  of  Universi=  Pendidikan  Sultan  Idris,  Tg.  Malim,Perak,  Malaysia  PhD  candidate  of  Mul=media  University  ,  Cyberjaya  Campus,  Selangor,  Malaysia  

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Introduction | Purpose of this POWER POINT presentation

ü  To  prac=ce  summarizing  ü  To  demonstrate  results  of  my  own  style  in  ac=ve  and  interac=ve  reading  .  ü  To  coach  myself  to  stay  focus  and  being  produc=ve.  ü  To  embrace  advantages    the  rules  of  one  ac=vity  at  a  =me.  ü  To  supply  myself  with  guidance  throughout  the  research  process.  ü  To  cul=vate    my  own  personal  cri=cal  thinking  through  the  process  of  

summarizing.  ü  To  appreciate  my  ability  to  read,  think    and  write  since  kindergarten.  ü  To  harness  my  own  skills  as  a  teacher  as  well  as  a  a  student  through  

POWER  POINT  and  shared  media  technology  .  ü  As  a  treatment  for  myself  from  procras=na=on.  ü  Maybe  to  inspire  YOU  ,  who  choose  to  read  this  presenta=on.  ü  Above  all  this  presenta=on  made  for  academic  purpose  as  summarizing  is  

a  crucial  skills  need  to  master  as  a  researcher.    

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TERMINOLOGY | KEYWORDS | derived from the original text

Words   Meaning  

Gist(s)   •  The  main  or  essen=al  part  of  the  ar=cle.  •  Its  main  line  or  line  of  reasoning.  •  The  main  ideas  of  the  ar=cle  

Main  ideas   Part  of  ar=cle  which  is  general  and  abstract  

Wri=ng   Contains  main  point  ,  points  and  purpose.  

Main  point   Line  in  the  ar=cle  needs  to  be  develop  and  supports  by  example.  

Child  document  Child  ar=cle  

•  Not  exactly  the  same  as  its  original  but  resemble  the  original    •  A  new  text  which  is  fully  formed  and  stand  on  its  own.  

Example   Detailed  descrip=on  to  interpret  or  analyze  the  main  idea.  

Nuggets  of  Informa=on   •  A  shorthand  form  derived  from  the  original  text.  •  Results  from  transla=on  ac=vity  by  rephrasing  the  complex  ideas  and  concept    in  the  

original  document.  •  Notes  emerged  from  the  process  of  note  taking.  

Abstract   •  The  concise  summary  of  the  original  ar=cle  than  the  child  ar=cle.  

Headings   •  Indicate    main  sec=ons  or  topic  shi_s  in  the  ar=cle  •  Reflects  the  writer’s  organiza=on  or  structure  in  the  ar=cle.  

Title  of  ar=cle   Indicate  the  writer’s  topic  and  approach  to  that  topic  

Note  Taking   A  process  to  achieve  a  goal  to  produce  nuggets  of  informa=on.  

Scholarly  expression   •  Indicate  name  of  people  and  the  wriOen  document  along  with  a  date  of  publica=on    •  Rephrasing  from  the  original    

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Definition | A Summary

A  Summary  is  a  coherent  document  that  both  make  sense  on  its  own  and  accurately  reflects  

its  original  source.  

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A  summary  is  a  report  in  portable  form  express  differently  from  the  original  

Definition | A summary express in a scholarly style

A  wriOen  report  indica=ng  the  name  of  people  who  wrote  the  original  text  ;  =tle  of  the  original  text  that  has  been  summarized;  the  date  of  the  original  text  published;  the  descrip=on  of  main  finding  of  the  conclusion  that  derived  from  the  original  text;  the  connec=on  to  the  original  text  

throughout    the  summary  report.  

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A  summary  that  include  other  details  includes  the  name  of  people  and  the  document,  the  date  of  publica=on  and  has  been  rephrase  reflec=ng  the  original  source.    

1.  To report in a brief and yet accurate manner the main gists of the article. 2.  To report the main ideas and findings of others in a form of shorthand

information.

1.  To produce a coherent text that bears an accurate relationship to its original. 2.  Presenting a text in a much briefer form from the original

Goal of Summary excerpt from the original

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Objective of Summary excerpt from the original

•  To  make  note  of  main  ideas  of  other  writers  •  To  make  note  of  the  more  detailed  descrip=on  of  example  or  cases.  •  To  no=ce  the  dis=nc=on  between  abstract  and  detailed  informa=on.  •  To  capture  the  connec=on  between  important  ideas.  •  To  make  note  of  important  ideas  in  shorthand  form.  

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Goal of Note taking process in summarizing excerpt from the original

Tips | Do & Don’t Writing the first draft of the summary

q  Capture  the  connec=on  between  ideas  or  concepts.  

q  Include  one  or  two  brief  examples  that  illustrate  main  point  or  points  from  the  original.  

q  Make  a  summary  reader  strongly  connected  to  the  original  ar=cle.  

q  Control  the  amount  of  detail  which  to  be  included  into  the  wriOen  summary  avoiding  the  bog  down  report.  

q  Make  a  long  and  complicated  document  accessible  for  use.  

q  Retain  some  of    the  key  terminology  from  the  original.  

q  Summarize  the  ar=cle  in  the  same  linear  paOern  of  the  original.  

q  Expect  to  retain  key  idea  in  every  paragraph  of  the  original  ar=cle.  

q  Capture  all  the  detailed  descrip=on.  

q  Offer  an  evalua=on  or  opinion  of  the  original  ar=cle.  

q  Include  direct  quotes  from  the  original  ar=cle.  

q  Report  all  of  the  technical  terminology  of  the  original.  

q  Capture  all  of  the  abstract  ideas  or  concepts  and  the  suppor=ng  material.  

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Activity in Summarizing •  Acts of sorting the general

and abstract concepts from detailed example or

cases. •  Acts of connecting important ideas.

•  Acts of translation by rephrasing complex ideas

into more concise portable

form.

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q A  shorter  version  of  the  original  document.  q A  coherent  document  that  reflects  the  original  source  q A  new  text  not  exactly  the  same  as  its  original  but  bearing  the  features  of  original  document.  

q A  child  of  the  original  document  which  fully  formed  and  stands  on  its  own    

q Indicate  to  reader  writer’s  main  point  or  points  or  purpose  of  wri=ng.  

q Point  out  how  the  writer  develop  and  support  main  point  in  the  original  ar=cle.  

q Dependent  to  the  original  ar=cle    q Resemble  the  original  source.  q Give  access  to  ideas  of  other  writers.  

Checklist |

Features of a summary

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Process of Summarizing

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 Flip  through  the  en9re  ar9cle  

 Read  the  abstract  

 Read  the  ar9cle  

 Read  the  

ar9cle  again  

 Look  for  

connec9ons  

Read  the  dra?  of  the  summary  to  someone  who  has  not  

read  the  original  ar9cle  

Express  the  summary  in  a  scholarly  ar9cle  

Ø Focus  on  headings  

Ø Focus  on  =tle  Ø Get  a  sense  of  informa=on  structure  in  the  ar=cle.  

Focus  on  concise  

summary  of  the  original  

ar=cle  

Ø Ac=vely  Ø Note  Taking  Ø Highlight  different  kind  of  informa=on  

Ø Capture  main  idea    of  the  ar=cle  Ø Get  sense  of  the  writer’s  topic  Ø Make  connec=ons  between  the  parts  of  the  ar=cle  

Ø Connects  between  nuggets  of  informa=on  Ø Write  first  dra_  of  the  summary  

 Ask  either  the  ar=cle  making  any  sense  or  not  

 Keeping  in  touch  with  the  source  

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 FLIP  

READ  FOCUS  

TAKE    NOTE  

COLLECT    NUGGETS    

CONNECT  NUGGETS  

WRITE    REPORT  

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