Note Taking Basics ASC Tamara Taylor Fall 2 2002 Intensive English Language Institute University of North Texas Denton, Texas USA

Note taking is an important part of academic life. To be successful at note taking, you need to Improve your listening skills. Develop your note taking skills. Be able to use your notes to study.

Like All Skills Listening and note taking improve ONLY with practice. Practice every day for 5-10 minutes.

Note taking = Dictation Note taking is writing complete ideas; dictation is writing complete sentences.

Examples History 1002 meets 2 days a week, from 10:00 am to 10:50. Dictation: History 1002 meets 2 days a week, from 10:00 am to 10:50. Notes: Hist 1002 - 2 d/wk 10 – 10:50 am

Successful Note taking: Listen for KEY WORDS causes FACTORS First - costs Stages of development technology differences

Successful Note taking: Use space. Move your hand. 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 to show relationships. Use vertical space. Use horizontal space. 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 hwys More $$ cheap gas More trains auto ind. +pub transp. oil comp.

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.

To create headings, use - CAPITAL LETTERS BOXES underline - - indent below the heading

Use symbols and abbreviations. Mr = ! Mrs % w/ ‹ pop › & #  w/o x

Note complete ideas, not just random words. Pop of UNT pop of TWU 1990 intl st < 2% of UNT st BUT now > 9+%

Get the BIG PICTURE! What’s the speaker’s main point? What does he want you to learn?

In the university-- Develop your own style. After the lecture, rewrite your notes ASAP (as soon as possible).

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Now let’s change sentences to ideas . . .

Change dictation into notes: Studies on worldwide literacy* rates show that almost 80 percent of the world’s population over the age of 15 is now literate. This includes more women than ever before. *Literacy = ability to read

One way to write this info Studies ww literacy rt = almost 80 % world pop over 15 yrs now literate + grtr # of women than bef

Change dictation into notes: UNESCO’s 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.

One way to write this info UNESCO’s 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.

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%

Remember Use Key words Space Headings Abbreviations and symbols Complete ideas Quantity!

Remember Get the big picture! Rewrite your notes. Develop your own style and Practice, practice, practice.