MODULE 6

MODULE 6: TAKING LECTURER NOTES

How do we take notes?
The key thing is to ensure that you remain actively engaged with the material whilst note-taking. If all you do is copy down what you hear or read, then you won't actually be learning anything at all. You may not even understand your notes when you come back to review them later!
Why do we take notes?
Taking notes is an important part of the life of every student. There are two main reasons why note-taking is important:

1. When you are reading or listening, taking notes helps you concentrate. In order to take notes - to write something sensible - you must understand the text. As listening and reading are interactive tasks, taking notes help you make sense of the text. Taking notes does not mean writing down every word you hear; you need to actively decide what is important and how is related to what you have already written.
2. Notes help you to maintain a permanent record of what you have read or listened to. This is useful when revising in the future for examinations or other reasons.

Review notes

Reviewing notes is also one thing that important because we could lose 80% of what we hear if it is not reviewed within few hours. Furthermore, we don’t have much time to remember and absorb all the information if it’s not reviewed on a regular basis.