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Study Skills PP

The document provides tips for getting the most out of lectures. It discusses 7 skills needed like listening, note-taking, and organization. Preparing for lectures by reviewing notes and materials is important. During lectures, taking clear and organized notes is key. After lectures, students should review and organize their notes, ask questions, and develop a filing system. Proper preparation, note-taking, and skills development can help students gain understanding from lectures.

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Study Skills PP

The document provides tips for getting the most out of lectures. It discusses 7 skills needed like listening, note-taking, and organization. Preparing for lectures by reviewing notes and materials is important. During lectures, taking clear and organized notes is key. After lectures, students should review and organize their notes, ask questions, and develop a filing system. Proper preparation, note-taking, and skills development can help students gain understanding from lectures.

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Getting the most out of the lectures

A lecture sponge does not get much out of lectures. He does not prepare for the lecture. He has in appropriate expectations of lectures. He is not aware of his problems.

The main purpose of lectures is to give information. Activities: In the classroom you are part of a large group of students, listening to a lecturer giving a talk on a topic. There may be opportunities to ask questions. During a lecture you normally make notes. Generally a lecture goes like this: - a brief introduction - the main part of the lecture - summaries and conclusions

There are seven main skills to get most of a lecture: 1. Good listening skills 2. Concentration skills 3. Summary skills 4. Note-taking skills 5. Organization skills both on paper and thinking 6. Critical thinking skills 7. Multi-tasking skills to do many things at a time

Before listening to the lecture, you must do these activities: Make full use of your handbook. Re-read your previous notes Ask questions like What do I know about the topic? How does it relate to what was covered last week?

Go through the lecture notes carefully and highlight important information with a coloured marker pen. Make your own comments or questions in the margin. Highlight key terminology

Read through and check your notes soon after or the same day. Look for information you may have missed out or did not understand. Check reference and key spellings. File notes as you have made them. Use coloured files for different subjects. File related materials handouts, cuttings, photocopies etc. Develop a filing system that is easy for you.

Lecturers have their own style of delivery. There are two commonly used features that can affect your concentration and selection of information. They are: 1. Body language cues 2. Environmental features

Template for note-taking A. Lecture title_____________ Date: _________ Lecturers name ________________Page No.____ B. Space for information taken down

During Lecture

in PostLecture phase:
C. Additional notes

Key words Key concepts Key theorists/names Additional information which you have remembered from the lecturers talk which you didnt have time to record in the lecture

D. Follow-up:

Questions you might have Commentary

Electronic notes are now part of a students life, but you have to decide if this useful by asking these questions:

Do I have the necessary skill? Will it support me? Do I want to take notes in this way?

If the answers are yes, go for that.

1. Baseline skills: These include:


a. Concentration b. Anticipation c. Questioning d. Selection/elimination e. Summarising

2. Mental joggers asking the right questions:


a. Why has the information been included? b. How does it link with the rest of the information? c. Is it essential or exemplary information? d. Is this a new section? e. What point is the lecturer trying to make?

The Warm-up Pick out and list key terms Check your understanding by defining the terms in your own words Get your brain familiar to the new words; say them aloud and listen to them repeatedly Use computers or other recording devices to speak the words to you Verbal cues and signals
Contrast words: however, but, despite, on the other hand, conversely Concession words: although, even though, in the light of, given that Addition words: also, too, in addition, furthermore, Emphasis words: importantly, specifically, especially, obviously Sequencing words: firstly, secondly, next, finally Summary words: in conclusion, to sum up, in summary Illustration words: for example, to illustrate, that is, for instance Reason and Result words: consequently, because, therefore

Voice emphasis and body language Also focus on stressed words and ideas, gestures and movements

Organization and management are key factors to success. Getting most of lectures is entirely up to you. Preparing properly, organizing your notetaking and developing listening skills will help you to gain better understanding and knowledge

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