Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Reflection 1


Reflection 1

Writing an academic summary starts by examining the main things of the passage you have been given. You should skim and scan through the passage, and noting down what you think is relevant and important. After you mark down the main points go through them trying to understand what they mean. Main points and key supporting details should be expressed. What is meant by the main idea? It is the subject of the paragraph and which is the most important part of it.
Student should be able to summarize effectively to give an idea in a lower quantity with the best quality.
Students are basically expected to summarize articles, to avoid the plagiarism students should not copy the ideas of the passage given, instead, the ideas should be paraphrased ,as in using the same ideas with your own words. References should be written to show the reader where did you summarize the passage you have written from.
We can use sites like http:/www.bibme.com  to find the reference of the passage you are summarizing  and we can always go back to our teachers online blog and extract information that could be helpful, using APA format should be used because it is way different then other formats, and it is recognized in HCT. From my point of view, the greatest challenge that I have faced is understanding the main points of the passage. To improve my academic writing, I should write more often and practice using the instructions we have been given.

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