1 Workplace English for Executive Officers (Minutes-taking) Lesson 4: Use of IT in Minutes-taking By Leo Yu (Office: OEE1014; Phone: ; May 2002
2 Workplace English for Executive Officers (Minutes-taking) Outline Group presentations The word ‘adjourn’ Tips on Minutes-taking Use of digital recorders Use of laptop computers A sample of minutes Voice recognition Internet resources References Evaluation
3 Workplace English for Executive Officers (Minutes-taking) Adjourn* If a meeting or trial is adjourned or it adjourns it is stopped for a short time. –The proceedings have now been adjourned until next week. (be V-ed) –I am afraid the court may not adjourn until three or even later. (V)
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5 Workplace English for Executive Officers (Minutes-taking) Tips Preparation & Anticipation Nature (reporting vs. discussing) Reporting vs. Action verbs Using symbols Fixed expressions Color pens
6 Workplace English for Executive Officers (Minutes-taking) Use of Digital Recorders External microphone > Internal Volume Sensitivity (c.f. background ‘noise’) Monitoring (e.g. earphone) Recording time left Tapes/Disk vs. RAM Tracking vs. non-stop
7 Workplace English for Executive Officers (Minutes-taking) Use of Laptop Computers Template Last minutes for drag-and-drop Agenda Attendance List Power-supply + Sample minutes
8 Workplace English for Executive Officers (Minutes-taking) Voice Recognition Digital recorders Uploading to computers Voice recognition software (IBM) Voice System: ViaVoice speech recognition (to dictate text) www-3.ibm.com/software/speech/
9 Workplace English for Executive Officers (Minutes-taking) Internet Resources TCS Index (By Michael Vallance) www-eng.tp.edu.sg
10 Workplace English for Executive Officers (Minutes-taking) References Bilbow, Grahame. (1993). Business Writing for Hong Kong. Hong Kong: Longman (pp ). Macintosh, Duncan. (1997). English for Business. 6 th edition. Hong Kong: Book Marketing Ltd. (pp ).
11 Workplace English for Executive Officers (Minutes-taking) Evaluation Fill in the questionnaire and pass it to Wylie after completion. Thank you!