There are various techniques for summarizing academic text, and some of them are:
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Read the text first: Before summarizing, it is important to read the entire text to understand the authors intent.
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Identify the main ideas: Identify the main ideas of the text and the authors thesis.
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Use visual formats: Present information through facts, skills, and concepts in visual formats.
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Develop new sentences: From the collection of main ideas, develop new sentences that are more concise but representative of each paragraph.
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Include the title and author: Include the title and author in the first sentence of the summary.
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Use precise language: Use precise, specific language to express the overarching ideas of the text.
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Omit unnecessary information: Decide which concepts to leave in and which to omit, taking into consideration your purposes in summarizing and also your view of what is important in this text.
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Use synonyms: Use synonyms or change the word order of your sentence.
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Use the SAAC method: The SAAC method is another useful technique for summarizing any kind of text. SAAC is an acronym for "State, Amplify, Apply, and Conclude".
Summarizing academic text is a useful study tool as well as good writing practice. A summary has two aims: (1) to reproduce the overarching ideas in a text, identifying the general concepts that run through the entire piece, and (2) to express these overarching ideas using precise, specific language.
