TECHNIQUES & STRATEGIES FOR EFFECTIVE NOTE TAKING & MAKING
You take notes during lectures and you make notes while studying. Note taking is a listening π activity whilst note making is a reading π activity.
The effective note taking strategies are listed viz:
1. Using Outlines
2. Using Abbreviations/Symbols
3. Using diagrams or charts
4. Understanding and recognize the major divisions in a lecture
FACTORS AFFECTING EFFECTIVE OR IMPEDING LISTENING
1. Linguistic Factors: Being able to recognize semantic use of words
2. Stylistic Consideration: The rate of speaking or delivering of speech
3. Information Organization
4. Speaker/Listener Reference Relationship
5. Content Knowledge
6. Psychological Factors: This deals with the state of mind of the listener
FACTORS THAT ENHANCE LISTENING
1. Taking notes during lectures and Make notes during reading
2. Decoding Linguistic Factors and Features
3. Mark out some of the markers of contrast, time, sequence et al
4. Background knowledge of the delivered information
In a listening class, healthy listening can be culminated into Prelistening and Postlistening
Prelistening Activities
1. Brainstorming
2. Onset Question π
3. Directed-Listening-Thinking Activity
4. Auditory Sensitization
Postlistening Activities:
This is carried out after listening to assess listeners comprehension
1. Questions/Quiz
2. Summarization Analysis
Reading Types and Structures
1. Constructive Reading
2. Creative Reading
3. Intensive Reading
4. Extensive Reading
