Basic English Language Skills
Developed for Oxbridge Academy
CHAPTER 6:
LEARN HOW TO SUMMARISE YOUR STUDY MATERIAL
 
To  be successful in your studies, you need to learn how to create 
meaningful summaries of your course material. This is especially 
important if you are a distance learning student (www.oxbridgeacademy.
co.za/distance-learning/), as you won’t have a teacher or lecturer to 
point out key concepts, or to give you tips about the types of questions 
you can expect in the exams.
SUMMARISING YOUR WORK GIVES YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO:
• Organise your study material into a structure that makes sense to you.
• Arrange your study material into a format that suits your learning style.
• Create memory aids for yourself.
• Identify key ideas and concepts.
• Focus on what’s important.
• Prepare for exams more easily.