A key skill is learning how to read,
summarize and abstract the most important content of a research article. Read requirements carefully!

Please write a 1000 words summary of the article, include the author’s abstract (this does not count towards your 1000
words summary).

Your paper should include all of the elements here: 

1. 
Citation
format of the article in the APA style.

2. 
Author
(s)’s abstract

3. 
A
brief and fair description of the article in your own words and that should
include answers to these questions

a. 
What
is the topic?

b. 
What
is the research question?

c. 
What
is the practical and scholarly motivation/justification for this research
question?

d. 
How
is the research question answered?

e. 
What
are the findings?

4. 
What
topics and questions warrant further investigation from this study?

5. 
What
is your assessment of the quality of the research study and why?

6.  Footnotes or
endnotes may be used to provide clarifying or elaborating material that is
valuable for a reader, but not essential for your argument. 

· 
Tables and Figures should be included at the
end of your paper after the reference list.

NB: Items 3-5 above should be
covered in your 1000 words summary