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Summarize, Paraphrase and Read with Academic Quality
Rating: 4.2 out of 5(31 ratings)
190 students

Summarize, Paraphrase and Read with Academic Quality

Learn to handle more advanced information – accurately and clearly.
Created byChristopher (Chris) Ryan
Last updated 2/2017
English

What you'll learn

  • Know the different types of summaries, read more advanced material, and communicate more accurately.

Course content

4 sections • 18 lectures • 37m total length

  • Introduction0:23

    Explore summarizing in general and specifically for academics, with examples and practice to improve your skills.

  • Summary: An Overview5:05

    Learn to create concise summaries and paraphrases by identifying main ideas and restating them in your own words. Focus on the central meaning and avoid copying.

  • More Specific Steps to Summaries6:19

    Define a summary as a restatement of the main idea with examples removed. Differentiate it from a paraphrase by length, and use the main ideas to guide rewriting.

  • Examples0:24

    Explore practical examples that illustrate how the previously discussed steps are used to create clear, concise summaries; download and review the examples to reinforce academic writing skills.

  • Article Practice2:29

    Practice summarizing articles by identifying the main point in one sentence, simplifying complex vocabulary, and extracting the core idea about a parasite controlling a caterpillar’s behavior.

  • Summary Conclusion0:58

    Master the art of summarizing by extracting the main point, trimming to about 10–15% of the original length, and using concise notes in your essay.

Requirements

  • Students who don't have English as a first language, but want to attend an English program.
  • Native speakers wanting to learn English for Academic Purposes
  • Native English speakers wanting to take a higher education program; to refresh or update their academic skills for the best chance at success
  • Want to improve the formal level of their English

Description

Good writing comes from good process. Good process comes from good skills. In this course, you will look at the academic requirements needed to improve summarizing and paraphrasing. You will also learn to read with a researcher's mind.

These skills will help you research better and communicate large amounts of information in a clear, direct way.

The material is taken from well-known university writing labs, and is organized and taught for students who don't have English as a first language, but want to attend an English program.

This is also for native English speakers, who may want to attend a higher education institution, and who want to refresh or update their academic skills for the best chance at success.

Learning to judge the value of information, reading without knowing all vocabulary, and communicating in a clear, simple manner is what this course is all about.

This is one part from the 'Necessary Steps and Concepts for a Research Essay', so if you need these skills in relation to an essay, you may want to purchase the full course. 

Who this course is for:

  • Any Intermediate to Advanced level student that wants clearer rules, methods and practice for summarizing, paraphrasing and reading critically.
  • Any student entering an English college or university
  • Any student looking to improve their formal writing skills for work

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