Introductory Message

For the Facilitator:

Welcome to the English for Academic and Professional Purposes Alternative Delivery Mode
(ADM) Module on Summarizing Techniques. This module was collaboratively designed,
developed and reviewed by educators from public institutions to assist you, the teacher or
facilitator in helping the learners meet the standards set by the K to 12 Curriculum while
overcoming their personal, social, and economic constraints in schooling.
This learning resource hopes to engage the learners into guided and independent learning
activities at their own pace and time. Furthermore, this also aims to help learners acquire the needed 21st century
skills while taking into consideration their needs and circumstances. In addition to the material in the main text,
you will also see this box in the body of the module: As a facilitator you are expected to orient the learners on how
to use this module. You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them to manage their own
learning. Furthermore, you are expected to encourage and assist the learners as they do the tasks included in the
module.
For the Learner:
English for Academic and Professional Purposes Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) Module on Summarizing
Techniques. This module aims to offer an overview of different topics within the field of academic writing within
and across various disciplines. There will be academic readings to provide materials form academic writings and
several text structures and conventions in writing. This module was designed to provide you with fun and
meaningful opportunities for guided and independent learning at your own pace and time. You will be enabled to
process the contents of the learning resource while being an active learner.

What I Need to Know

For the Learner
You will be given information to be able to create a well-written summary. This
is important for you as a student who will be making a lot of academic texts, reports
and research works.
When you are familiar with different text structures, your reading skills will be
enhanced and you will be able to comprehend whatever material will be given to you
study.
At the end of this module, you are expected to:
1. Identify various summarizing techniques; and
2. Apply any or a combination of these techniques in a well-written summary.
What I Know
All your other outputs for this module will form your portfolio of learning so make
sure to answer them as carefully and honestly as possible.
On a separate sheet of paper, put a / if the statement is a GOOD summarizing
technique and X if the statement is a BAD summarizing technique.
1. Aldrin copied details from two original texts and joined the two to form his
summary.
2. Elizabeth read the original material and listed down important details in her
notebook.
3. John used a semantic web to relate important details to the main idea.
4. Evelyn underlined important sentences and restated them in her own words.
5. Engelbert wrote down key ideas, and connected the ideas using his own
words.