Lectures and Note-Taking Dirt Skills

Skill Bir: Infer Understand lecturer as s/he says it Cannot stop lecturer Not recognise words

Try to infer from context Not always able to Failure might discourage Concentrate on most important points

Skill Iki: Main Points Title important information Students should study carefully Good lecturer signals important points

Lecturer Colloquial style crunch get it down Not helpful to international student ISs have to get used to style

Lecturers give indirect signals pause slow speaking loud speaking intonation range combination

Skill Uch: Write down abbreviate max info words one point per line

Finding time to write Student may miss important point Connectives guide student moreover, furthermore, also etc. indicate argument is proceeding however, on the other hand, nevertheless, usually new or unexpected info following

Skill Dirt: Connec- tions between points Visual presentations spacing underlining conventional symbols numbering points