Listening Course: Listening Note-taking Methods
Listening Course
Listening Note-taking Methods
- English Level B1-C2.
- 12-hour course.
- 4 lessons (2-3 hours each).
- Note-taking strategies.
- Abbreviations & symbols.
- Lecture outlines.
- Cornell notes system.
- 27 listenings.
- Sample notes and answers.
- Duration: 30 Days.
This course will improve your academic listening note-taking skills by 100%. You will learn how to take lecture notes effectively and use a range of note-taking strategies. The course includes 27 short listening practice exercises so you will have lots of opportunity to improve your note-taking skills.
What you will learn on this course?
- You will learn a range of note-taking strategies to help take notes for academic lectures.
- You will improve being able to identify main ideas, subsidiary ideas, examples, and data.
- You will practice listening to a range of topics.
- You will write short summaries of lectures to aid understanding.
- You will have the opportunity to check your understanding and comprehension through a range of test-type quiz questions.
- Course Duration: 30 days.
Who is this course for?
- Level B1 (Intermediate) to C2 (Advanced) learners.
- Second language speakers who want to improve their listening skills.
- International students who want to go to an English speaking university.
- International students who are studying at an English speaking university.
Key Concepts Covered:
- Note-taking strategies (linear, mind map, spider gram, flow chart, timeline) .
- Abbreviations and symbols.
- Cornell notes system.
- Listening practice with micro, mini and short lecture practice.
- Building subject-based vocabulary.
- Checking understanding of notes via comprehension questions.
- Checking overall understanding of lecture via comprehension questions.
- Providing post lecture activities to explore the subject in more detail.
- Comprehension quizzes.
There are four lessons included in this course with each lesson taking approximately 2 hours to complete. At the end of each lesson is a quiz that you must achieve 65% to go to the next lesson. When you complete the course, you will receive a certificate.
Duration: This course lasts for 30 days once you pay. Therefore you have 30 days to complete all 4 lessons.
Course Content
The course consists of four lessons; each lesson includes a digital lesson booklet to download
Note-taking Methods 1
- Practice in using a range of note-taking strategies (e.g., linear, mind map, spider gram, flow chart, timeline).
- 5x micro-lecture listening with note-taking frameworks.
- 2x mini lectures with note-taking frameworks.
- 1x 8-minute lecture using an outline.
- Quiz (16 questions).
Note-taking Methods 2
- Practice in using abbreviations and symbols.
- 4x micro-lecture listenings with note-taking frameworks.
- 2x mini lectures with note-taking frameworks.
- 1x 8-minute lecture using an outline.
- Quiz (18 questions).
Note-taking Methods 3
- An introduction to the Cornell notes system.
- 5x mini lectures using the Cornell notes system.
- 1x 8-minute lecture using the Cornell notes system.
- Quiz (22 questions).
Note-taking Methods 4
- A revision of the Cornell notes system.
- 5x mini lectures using the Cornell notes system.
- 1x 6-minute lecture using Cornell notes System.
- Quiz (15 questions).