on the academic text structure and

language activity
 ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC AND
PROFESSIONAL PURPOSES
 WEEK 3
LEARNING COMPETENCIES:
1. Use various techniques in summarizing
a variety of academic texts.
2. Outline reading texts in various
disciplines.
 LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
After the discussion, the students are able to:
1. compare and contrast summarizing and outlining;
2. identify the techniques in summarizing an academic
text;
3. recognize the types of outlining in an academic text;
and
4. summarize and outline a sample academic text
based on the strand: STEM, HUMSS and ABM following
the techniques discussed.
in Academic Texts
What am I reading?
Why am I reading?
summarizing vs. outlining
 summarizing outlining
content Reading organization
condensed version
Strategies hierarchal order
own words important
details
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1.
Raya's prominent
style of fighting is
based on Kali, the
national martial
art of the
Philippines.
2.
The film is set in a
fantasy land called
Kumandra, inspired by
the Southeast Asian
cultures of Laos,
Thailand, Cambodia,
Vietnam, Myanmar,
Malaysia, Indonesia,
and the Philippines.
3.

Raya is the
13th Disney
Princess.
GIVE ME THE GIST!
 retelling
summarizing
 How does
summarizing
different from
synthesizing?
 It is stating a work’s thesis and
main ideas “simply, briefly, and accurately”.
It is reducing text to one-third or
one-quarter its original size.
 It is expressing the most
important acts or ideas in a
short and clear form.
 IMPORTANT POINTS TO CONSIDER:
SUMMARIZING
Pick out important details that are necessary.
Pick out the less important or repeated ideas and eliminate
them.
Highlight the important details using keywords.
List key words in the order they appeared in the passage.
Trim the list of key words down to one topic sentence.
 IMPORTANT POINTS TO CONSIDER:
SYNTHESIZING
Combine elements of several sources to help make a point.
Describe how sources converse with each other.
Organize similar ideas together so readers can understand
how they overlap.
Add your own new ideas to existing knowledge.
 ABSTRACT IS A SUMMARY
An abstract typically contains
four elements:
research focus;
research methods;
results;
main conclusions, and
recommendations.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY IS A SUMMARY
It is seen at the beginning of a
business report,
proposal, and
plan.
It summarizes the entire
content, highlighting the
central points of the
document.
 SYNOPSIS IS A SUMMARY
It is a summary of a composition
like a book, movie, TV show, or
academic paper. A synopsis is
often written but can also take
verbal or visual form. It includes
information about the story's
main events and style along with
information about the
characters.
What is outlining?
It visualizes the paper’s potential structure.
It helps organize ideas.
It connects information supporting
thesis statement and evidences.
It shows relationships and hierarchies
with the content.
A GOOD OUTLINE INCLUDES:

Usually, it is in the form of a

list divided into headings and
subheadings that distinguish
main points from supporting
points.
 TITLE
THESIS:______________________________________
I. __________________________
A. ______________________
1. ___________________
a. ________________
a.1__________________
a.2__________________
b. __________________
2. ___________________
3. ___________________
main point

sub-point

detail
SOURCES:
https://www.hoffmanmi.com/uploads/2/6/7/6/26760401/summarizingguidelines.pdf
http://chayesclass.weebly.com/uploads/2/9/9/0/29903817/summarizingnonfictiontext.pdf
https://www.monash.edu/rlo/research-writing-assignments/writing/paraphrasing-
summarising-and-quoting
https://corporatebytes.in/height-never-matters-study-says-that-short-people-live-longer-
lives/
https://www.express.co.uk/news/weird/1232459/end-of-the-world-stephen-hawking-
doomsday-asteroid-climate-change-virus-epidemic-spt
https://researchguides.uoregon.edu/litreview/synthesize
https://writingcenter.uconn.edu/wp-
content/uploads/sites/593/2014/06/How_to_Summarize_a_Research_Article1.pdf