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Note Taking BasicsASCTamara TaylorFall 2 2002Intensive English Language InstituteUniversity of North TexasDenton, Texas USA
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Note taking is an important part of academic life.
To be successful at note taking, you need toImprove your listening skills.Develop your note taking skills.Be able to use your notes to study.
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Like All Skills
Practice every day for 5-10 minutes. Listening and note taking improve ONLY with practice.
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Note taking = Dictation Note taking is writing complete ideas; dictation is writing complete sentences.
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Dictation:
ExamplesHistory 1002 meets 2 days a week, from 10:00 am to 10:50.
Hist 1002 - 2 d/wk 10 10:50 am
Notes:
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Successful Note taking:Listen for KEY WORDS
causesFACTORSdifferencestechnologyFirst - costsStages of development
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Successful Note taking:
3 keys to green environ
1- educate public
2- improve tech.
3-help incr. demand for recy.ing
Three keys to green environment educate public, improve techno., and help increase demand for recycling.
Use space. Move your hand.
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Use space to show relationships.
3 keys to green environ
1- educate public
2- improve tech.
3-help incr. demand for recy.ing
Gas Use -Factors
Europe U.S
Less good hwysMore $$ cheap gasMore trains auto ind.+pub transp. oil comp.
Use vertical space.Use horizontal space.
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Use headings to organize ideas.
Gas Use -Factors
Europe U.S
Less good hwys More $$ cheap gas More trains auto ind. +pub transp. oil comp.
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To create headings, use - CAPITAL LETTERS
BOXES underline - - indent below the heading
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Use symbols and abbreviations.Mr = ! Mrs %w/ pop & # w/o x
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Note complete ideas, not just random words. Pop of UNT pop of TWU 1990 intl st < 2% of UNT st BUT now > 9+%
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Get the BIG PICTURE! Whats the speakers main point?What does he want you to learn?
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In the university--Develop your own style.After the lecture, rewrite your notes ASAP (as soon as possible).
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Now lets change sentences to ideas . . .
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Change dictation into notes:Studies on worldwide literacy* rates show that almost 80 percent of the worlds population over the age of 15 is now literate. This includes more women than ever before.*Literacy = ability to read
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One way to write this infoStudies ww literacy rt = almost 80 % world pop over 15 yrs now literate
+ grtr # of women than bef
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Change dictation into notes:UNESCOs study shows a drop in illiteracy from twenty-two and four-tenths percent of the world population in 1995 to twenty and three tenths in 2000.
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One way to write this info
UNESCOs st shows fr 22.4% ww pop in 95 to 20.3% in 2000 What important information is missing? What is the decrease in? The LITERACY rate INCREASED the drop was in the number of people who CANNOT read the ILLITERACY rate dropped.
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Another way to write it.WW literacy rates
- almost 80% of ww pop 15+ yrs - literate - more women than bef - illiteracy 1995 2000 22.4% (ww pop) 20.3%
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Remember UseKey wordsSpaceHeadingsAbbreviations and symbolsComplete ideasQuantity!
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Remember Get the big picture!
Rewrite your notes.
Develop your own style and Practice, practice, practice.