Summarising Text

Introduction

In this course, you will practice writing a summary. Summarising is part of writing assignments. Sometimes in an assignment, you are specifically asked to write a summary of something you have read. However, you will need to summarise your reading in most assignments whether you are asked to or not.

Course learning outcomes

After studying this course, you should be able to:

• Understand what a summary is: ‘the 5Rs’
• Recognize a successful summary
• Practice turning notes into a summary.