Lecture 6 Note-taking Skills__.pptVIP

Lecture 6 Lecture Comprehension and notes-taking Skills Contents of Lecture 6 Features of listening to an academic lecture; Listener’s four tasks of having an efficient understanding; Basic lecture comprehension skills; Basic notes-taking skills. Lecture 6 Lecture Comprehension and notes-taking Skills 1. Features of listening to an academic lecture In what aspects does listening to an academic lecture differ from listening in other situations? Lecture 6 Lecture Comprehension and notes-taking Skills Language used in an academic lecture may be different from language that used in everyday listening situations. Interaction between speaker and listener in an academic lecture situation is different from interaction in everyday listening situations. Expectations in an academic lecture situation are different from expectations in everyday listening situations. Differences between listening to an academic lecture and listening in other situations Differences between listening to an academic lecture and listening in other situations Differences between listening to an academic lecture and listening in other situations 2. Listener’s tasks of having an efficient understanding of the lecture Task 1. Being aware of all the carriers of meaning What can carry meanings? Verbal communication skills: words, stress, intonation, rhythm, etc. Non-verbal communication skills: body language, sign language, space distance, change of the color of slides, etc. Lecture 6 Lecture Comprehension and notes-taking Skills Task 2 Reinterpreting—being able to add some information that the lecturer expects Why? Listeners are not tape recorders. Rather, they “reinterpret” the words they hear by adding information from the sources of their subject-matter knowledge and world experience. Listening is not a mater of absorbing the speaker’s words, word for word. Rather, listening involves listening to the speaker’s words and reinterpre