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MODULE TITLE:  ENGLISH  FOR  ACADEMIC  PURPOSES MODULE CODE:  LNG 002-0 TUTOR: Dr.  QIAN  ZHANG COURSEWORK – NOTE TAKING DATE OF  SUBMISSION:  16/04/2010 STUDENT NAME:  MD. RAHMAN STUDENT ID:  0926071

TABLE OF  CONTENTS:

1.There’s no Substitute for Taking Your Own Good Notes--  1 2. How Can You Take Your Effective Notes--  5

3. Cornell Note-Taking Method---   6

4. Good Note-Taking can be Learned---  7

5. Conclusion---  8

6. Bibliography-  9

7. Appendix  10

Introduction

In the world, we the students makes our lesson difficult. That’s why we’ve got poor results in our academic career. This gives us pain in our whole life. But in fact we can achieve better carrier if we follow some systematic strategy. With regard to the difference in study and technique methods, as a student how they playing a more active role in the classroom to get a good result. Note taking is an indispensable part of writing a documented essay or research paper. Your notes record information from the sources that you will use in writing your paper. Therefore, it is necessary to critically evaluate the texts or articles you are reading and to make reasonable choices about what will and will not be useful for your paper. Otherwise, you will overload yourself with information and spend too much time sifting through notes. If there is an entire page in a book or article that you really need, it would be better to make a Xerox copy of it.

There’s no Substitute for Taking Your Own Good Notes

Notetaking is the practice of writing pieces of information, often in an informal or unstructured manner. One major specific type of notetaking is the practice of writing in shorthand, which can allow large amounts of information to be put on paper very quickly. Notes are frequently written in notebooks, though any available piece of paper can suffice in many circumstances—some people are especially fond of Post-It notes, for instance. Notetaking is an important skill for students, especially at the college or University level.Many different forms are used to structure information and make it easier to find later.

In practically guarantees twice the work for lower grades. The painful truth is, There’s no Substitute for taking your own good notes Judi Turkel, Franklynn Peterson(2003):Note-Taking Made Easy. University of Wisconsin Press

To Take Effective Notes, You Must Do the Following: Understand the information. Before you can use information, you must understand it. Taking notes is a good way to develop your knowledge and comprehension of a subject; it is not just a mechanical process of recording data. Reading a source, making decisions about what is useful for your essay, and writing the notes on index cards or in a notebook will encourage you to think more deeply about what you are reading as well as how it relates to the subject of your research. Select the information: The information to be used in a paper must be gathered from a variety of sources, which also, most likely, contain much information not necessarily relevant to your topic. Therefore, when you take notes, you must sort out the material you need from other information surrounding it in the text. Record the information: To efficiently use the information in your sources, you must record it in such a way that it can be easily sorted, reorganized, and incorporated into your paper. This means that you should choose a style of recording that best suits you and that lists all necessary information-- title, author, publisher, etc., which you will need later for your bibliography.

Cornell Note-Taking Method

The Cornell method is probably the most useful method for students at university. It was devised 40 years ago by Walter Pauk, a lecturer at Cornell University in the United States, for his students. This method is used by dividing the paper in two columns. The first column is used to enter key or cue words while the second is the notes column (for recording ideas and facts). There are six steps to Cornell note-taking: Record During the lecture, record as many facts and ideas as possible in the notes column. Reduce After the lecture, read through the notes taken and reduce to key words and phrases, or questions. The key words and phrases are used as cues to help recall the ideas and facts. The questions are to add clarity to the facts and ideas. Recite Using only the key words, phrases and questions in the cue word column recite the ideas and facts in the notes column. It is important that you are not just mechanically repeating, but using your own words. Reflect Based on the facts and ideas learnt, reflect upon how this fits in with what you already know, and how this knowledge can be applied. Review On a frequent basis, review your past notes by reciting and reflecting upon them. Recapitulate After you have reduced, recited and reflected upon your note, you should recapitulate each main idea using complete sentences at the bottom of the key word column.

For Good Note-Taking can be Learned

Be on time for class - have your lecture materials out and ready to go when the professor walks in the door. 1.	Be ready to start LISTENING as soon as the professor walks in the door. 2.	Have more than one pen or pencil ready. 3.	Know how to spell If you are hopelessly beyond spelling when under pressure, learn to spell words as they sound - BUT - then make very sure you go over notes immediately after class and put correct spelling in or you will never remember what you have written. 4.	If the professor repeats something, MAKE SURE YOU WRITE IT DOWN. 5.	Be especially aware of lists and problems or examples done and write them down. 6.	Some common forms of notehand include spelling every day words phonetically eg. says = saz, days = daz. 7.	Use symbols when you can •	& for and •	B for but •	X for except •	etc. 8.	Leave out vowels. •	between =btwn •	among = amng •	patient =ptnt 9.	If there is a simple symbol, use it •	1° = primary •	2° = secondary •	 = heart •	 = for each

10.	If you miss something, leave a blank in your notes. You can fill it in later. If you try to copy it from your neighbour, both of you will lose more material. If you miss something in lecture, DO NOT interrupt lecture. There is nothing more distracting to both lecturer and class than to be tracking along with an idea and have someone in the room interrupt with "What came after 'foreign protein'?" Fill in your blanks after lecture. 11.	Get together with classmates after lecture and pool your notes. That way you can be sure you have everything down. It will also help make sure you understand what you have written down. (That's how students survived pre-tape recorder days) 12.	Read your text before you come to class. If you have read the text, new concepts and vocabulary will be less formidable and it becomes easier to decide what to write and what to skip. Conclusion In recent years the importance of Note-taking in academic career has been highlighted and it seems that many students are being done. That’s why they have got good results in their academic carrier. This process in nothing just you have to pay attention in the class room and listen to your teacher and note the key words. Which give you remember to understand the next class. This way if you follow you will get good carrier in future.

Bibliography Note-Taking Made Easy Judi Kesselman-Turkel, Franklynn Peterson Univ of Wisconsin Press, 2003 - Education - 112 pages http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=R4RrZEy24ecC&dq=note+taking&source=gbs_navlinks_s

http://www.google.co.uk/search?tbs=bks%3A1&tbo=1&q=note+taking&btnG=Search+Books

Listening comprehension and note-taking course K. James, R. R. Jordan, A. J. Matthews 0 Reviews Taylor & Francis, 1979 - Foreign Language Study http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ReYOAAAAQAAJ&dq=note+taking&source=gbs_navlinks_s

http://www.mayland.edu/aca111/NoteTakingModule..pdf http://rwc.hunter.cuny.edu/reading-writing/on-line/notetaki.html

Appendix

HUNTER COLLEGE READING/WRITING CENTER: DOCUMENTED ESSAY/RESEARCH PAPER Research Guidelines: Notetaking II. METHODS Using your own words, take notes that briefly summarize (commonly known as paraphrasing) the most important points of each source. Try to be as clear and concise as possible in your notetaking and try to omit details that are not relevant to your topic. Stick to main points rather than involved discussion or digressions. If you record a direct quotation, you can also write a brief explanation of how the quote will be useful for your topic. The following methods will enable you to read your sources with understanding and take good notes: 1.	A well-written article or book chapter usually makes a single main point and supports that point with a discussion of a series of subtopics related to it. Before you start writing notes, scan the complete piece of writing to determine what the main point is, what subtopics are discussed, and how each subtopic relates to the main point. An effective method of scanning is to read the first several paragraphs of a section, and then read the first (topic) sentence of each remaining paragraph. When you get to the concluding paragraph, read all of it. If your source is a book, the table of contents may help guide you to information that fits your topic. 2.	After scanning the entire chapter or article, write your understanding of the author(s) thesis (her/his main point), in your own words. In addition, it is a good idea to read the section in the text that contains the author's first subtopic. The length of this segment will vary, but in the average book or substantial article, it will usually be discussed for one to five pages. After reading, scan the section again to make sure you understand the most significant points in it. Now, write your understanding of the subtopics in that section; of course, you also need to do this in your own words. Paraphrasing will help you to better understand the author's ideas rather than just mechanically copying them. 3.	When you take notes, be as concise as possible, omitting unnecessary details and digressions. It is not always necessary to write complete sentences or even complete words-- occasionally abbreviation saves time--as long as what you have written will be clear to you when you consult your notes later. If you consider that the author's words are necessary to clarify a point, copy them exactly and put them in quotation marks. (It is a good idea to make note of the author's last name as well). 4.	Remember to record the page number(s) in the text or article that corresponds to your notes. In addition, make sure you have all bibliographical information recorded for each source either on one index card or in your notebook. 5.	Always try to review the chapter or article after notetaking to make sure your notes are accurate and complete. III. FORMAT Record your notes so that you can easily locate all points relating to a particular subject and readily identify the source from which a piece of information is taken. 1.	Index-card style: In this method, you record each piece of information from a source on a separate card. After you are finished reviewing and recording all your sources, you can organize all your cards according to topic. This will be helpful in organizing your paper too. EXAMPLES OF INDEX CARD STYLE Topic of paper: New Ways of Learning Writing Skills in College. Card A shows a bibliography card.
 * You can record notes either on index cards or in a notebook.
 * For each source, copy the complete bibliographical information (author, title, publisher's name, date and place of publication) on one card, which becomes your bibliography card. This is not only necessary for accuracy and organization but also, technically, you are compiling the bibliography for your paper.
 * For multiple notes from the same source, in the upper right hand corner of each card, record a short form of the title and the author's last name. In the lower right hand corner, record the page number(s) from which your summaries, ideas, paraphrases, or direct quotes have been taken.
 * Write subject or topic headings on the cards in pencil to facilitate organizing and reorganizing information.

Murray, Donald. Expecting the Unexpected. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook, 1989.

Card B shows a summary of the author's main focus in a chapter.

Murray, Expecting

Sub-topic: Learning through mistakes

In Chapter 10 /  Murray's main point:  "bad" writing can ultimately produce writing that excites, rather than beginning with good but status quo writing that says very little and moves no one.

pp. 101-03. Card C shows a paraphrase of a passage.

Murray, Expecting

Sub-topic: Unlearning

In Chapter 10 /  It is the responsibility of college teachers to de-program their students from safe but unstimulated writing that has been over-learned throughout their educations. This is no easy task for students or teachers, requiring far more patience and daring than a proscriptive traditional approach.

p. 103. Card D shows a direct quotation.

Murray, Expecting

Sub-topic: The system of rules

In Chapter 18 /  "Old rules become comforting to us all. Skills--and the attitudes behind them--become beliefs raised to the power of Truth.  I am used to unlearning, but most of my students have come to learn new truths, not to have old ones stripped away; they have come to  construct a system of higher skills on the foundation of old ones, not to have the cathedral of their learning razed so that the wondrous and essential mists of unknowing can take their place."

Note: Use this quote for part of paper on social conditioning and how it affects our ways of learning.

p. 174.

2.	Notebook style: In this method, you record all information on a single page or a series of pages in a notebook. IV. COMMON ERRORS TO AVOID 1.	The most common and most serious error students make in taking notes is to copy the wording of the source directly, either word-for-word or with minor changes. This not only prevents students failing processing the information fully in their own minds, but also encourages plagiarism since the notes find their way into the paper. The best way to avoid this is not to look at your source as you write your notes. That way you will be sure to use your own words. 2.	Including too much detail in notes slows you down. If you are doing this, you are not distinguishing between significant and insignificant information. Notes are meant to be concise! 3.	Direct quotations should be used only when you have a special purpose. If you use a direct quotation, copy it accurately! 4.	Remember to include page numbers in your notes. Otherwise, you will have to spend valuable time returning to the sources to find page numbers, and you will leave yourself open to error. 5.	Back to on-line resource file Back to RWC home
 * Write the author, title, place of publication, publisher, and year of publication at the top of the page for each source.
 * Make notes in the middle of the page, leaving wide margins.
 * In the right-hand margin, record the page numbers from the source that correspond to your notes.
 * In the left-hand margin, note the specific topic to which each piece of information relates.
 * Begin a new page for each source you consult, or if you have abundant information for each chapter from a text, list your notes per chapter. Another possibility is listing your notes according to topic--but this is more difficult since your notes will no longer follow the same sequence as the ideas in the article or book. Remember that if you do list according to topic, it is very important to list page numbers from the source since it can get very confusing otherwise.