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

2. 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.

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

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

5. 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 – 10:50 am

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

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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16. Now let’s change sentences to ideas . . .

17. 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

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

19. 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.

20. 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.

21. Another way to write it. WW literacy rates
- almost 80% of ww pop 15+ yrs - literate
- more women than bef
- illiteracy
22.4% (ww pop) %

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

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