Abstract
The purpose of the current study is to elicit the opinions of Turkish primary school students and teachers about summary writing. The study group of the current research was selected by means of the criterion sampling method. The study group is comprised of 85 primary school fifth grade students and 17 classroom teachers teaching these students. As the data collection tool in the current study, a semi-structured student interview form and a semi-structured teacher interview form were used. In the analysis of the collected data, the content analysis method was employed. The findings obtained have revealed that there is a considerable consistency between the students and teachers' responses. Majority of the teachers stated that they have their students write summaries regularly and then that they provide feedbacks for their students by making corrections or writing notes on their summaries. The teachers think that summarizing develops written expression to the greatest extent and teaches students how and where to use punctuation marks. The teachers also stated that they had not taken any training about summarizing at any level of their training. The students, on the other hand, stated that their summaries are only signed by the teacher or the teacher has them read their summaries. Moreover, the students think that summary writing facilitates recall, that their teachers do not give them information about how to write a summary and that they do not show them samples of summary writing.
Highlights
Reading is a process that occurs as a result of the eye’s leaping over lines
If longer and more complex stories are to be used, it should be made possible for students to understand the text on the basis of some criteria. All this information gives rise to the question “Have the students been informed about summary writing? Or Have the students been instructed about summary writing? If they have been, how? the current study aimed to reveal the opinions of Turkish elementary school students and teachers about summary writing
When the relevant literature is examined, it is seen that there is no study directly focusing on students and teachers’ opinions on summary writing
Summary
Reading is not a language skill restricted to this physical movement of the eye. Reading relies on both physical and mental activities. Good readers use different strategies and techniques to increase their level of understanding while reading a text. These strategies and techniques include guessing from the title of the text or looking at images about the text, identifying and marking important points, answering questions about the text, determining the subject and the main idea of the text, re-telling or writing the text with his/her own sentences. Summarizing is one of the strategies used to enhance understanding after reading
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