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Listening

Maximizing Listening and Note Taking Skills


Mind Mapping
The Five R of Note-Taking

Record: During the lecture, write all meaningful information legibly.


Reduce: After the lecture, write a summary of the ideas and facts using key words as
cue words. Summarizing as you study helps to:
Clarify meanings and relationships of ideas
Reinforce continuity
Strengthen memory retention
Prepare for exams in advance
Recite: To study properly, you must recite all the information in your own words
without looking at our notes or the text.
Reflect: Think about your own opinions and ideas as you read over your notes. Raise
questions, then try to answer them creatively. Record original ideas in your notebook
and review them regularly. Use your creative ideas when answering exam questions, in
classroom discussions, and when writing papers.
Review: Before reading or studying new material, take ten minutes to quickly review
your older notes. Skim over the main ideas and details. Review enhances your
retention of old material while adding new material to your memory.
Listening Comprehension and Note-Taking
• The process of listening
• You listen with your brain and your ears. Your brain
makes meaning out of all the clues available. When
you are listening sounds are an important clue. But
you also need to make use of your knowledge. Your
ears pick up sounds; your brain makes the meanings.
The two main parts of the listening process are:
1.bottom-up listening

2.top-down listening
Bottom-up listening

You start by listening for the individual sounds and then join these sounds
together to make syllables and words.
These words are then combined together to form phrases, clauses and
sentences.
Finally the sentences combine together to form texts or conversations

Top-down listening
• making as much use as you can of your knowledge
and the situation. From your knowledge of
situations, contexts, texts, conversations, phrases
and sentences, you can understand what you hear
Listening During Meetings/Discussions

• Plan ahead
• Go with confidence (non distracting idea)
• Provide ample time
• Relax
• note key points
• Be an active listener
• Send a follow up / give report

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