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Gateway C1 Đinh Đức Huyên

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Section titles Notetaking Column

1.

1. Read the text 1.

- Quickly skim the article to gain a feel of its content and general
structure.
- Read the material thoroughly, underlining crucial information, and
make notes as you go.
- Reread any particularly significant or challenging portions after
you have skimmed the article again to be sure you have
understood the main ideas.
- Identify the key points as you read

2. Break the text down into 2.


sections - Divide the material into reasonable chunks to make it easier to
read and comprehend its sub-points.
- A scientific publication with a normal empirical organization will
likely already be divided into sections with distinct headings,
which typically include an introduction, methodology, findings,
and discussion.
- There may not be a clear division into sections for other kinds of
articles. However, the majority of articles and essays will be
organized around a number of supporting ideas or topics.
3.
3. Identify the key points in
- Pay close attention to the thesis statement, the fundamental
each section
contention the author wants the reader to believe, which is
typically found in the introduction, and the subject sentences,
which highlight each paragraph's main concept.
- You might need to consider more carefully which aspects are
most crucial for the reader to comprehend the article's thesis if it
takes on a new format.
- Ask to identify the key points in each part.
Vocab: hypotheses - a supposition or proposed explanation made on the
basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation.
4. Write the summary
4.

- Do not copy and paste parts of the article, not even just a
sentence or two.
- Give an even more concise summary of an article.
- It's crucial to correctly reference the source you're summarizing
when incorporating it into a larger text. Your citation style will
determine the specific format, but it often consists of an in-text
citation and a complete reference at the conclusion of your
5. Check the summary against
article.
the article
5.

- To ensure that your text is entirely unique and properly cited, use
2. Questions: Why is it a plagiarism detector. Just make sure you use a trustworthy one.
important to write a summary
2. Recite & Answer: Writing a summary is a great way to show your
reader that you have read and understood the article. To summarize a
text is to reduce it to its essential ideas and to express those ideas in
your own words. It is not necessary nor desirable to convey every
information.

Summary Overall, the paragraph above gives us the steps to complete a summary,
from the 5 main steps we will avoid common mistakes and understand
the importance of summarizing.

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