The document outlines effective note-taking skills, emphasizing strategies such as preparing for lectures, summarizing important information in one's own words, and engaging with teachers and classmates. It introduces various note-taking methods, including the Cornell method, outline method, and T-note method, along with the 5 Rs: record, reduce, recite, reflect, and review. These techniques aim to enhance retention and understanding of lecture material.

1. Note Taking Skills
By
Miss Thanchanok Insamian
No.11
TESOL7

2. LISTEN (Acronyms)
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Lead
Ideas
Summarize
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3. 1.Lead
• Doing course reading ahead of time.
• Being prepare for lecture topics.
2. Idea
• See the part of main ideas and write
everything down.
3. Summarize
• Summarize most important
information and significant ideas in
your own words within 24 hrs after
each lectures.

4. 4. Talk
• Learn to talk to teacher, TA (teacher
assistant) and classmate, if you have
questions or ideas.
5. End
• End each lectures by reviewing and
summarizing notes, identifying any
problems that you might need to ask
about.
6. Note
• The end of lessons. Taking down only the
certain points and listen for the signal
words or important concepts

5. Note Taking Methods
•Cornell Methods
•Outline methods
•T-Note

6. Cornell Methods
• Cornell Methods: involves
dividing a sheet of paper into
three parts: main ideas (key
words), details and summary.

7. Outline methods
Outline methods:
good for showing major points
and supporting ideas

8. T-Note
• T-Note: Useful for problem-based
classes such as math and
engineering. T-Note involves
diving a sheet of paper into two
parts: Writing term, equations,
formula, theories on the left hand
side

9. 5 Rs!
• Record: Recording your notes.
• Reduce: Reducing them to key points and
summarize them into your own words.
• Recite: Reciting the information out loud can help
you retain information.
• Reflect: Reflecting how information in the note
relate to the course objectives even the course of
study and help them make critical connection.
• Review: Reviewing the notes the same day of
class. Summarize the note onto the single sheet
at the end of each weeks. Then review each
sheets before the exam.