Part III. Note Taking in Listening Section
1. Necessary illumination
Ø Length of the lecture
Ø Incapability of pre-reading the questions
Ø Structure-oriented
Ø Principle-oriented
2. Marks
Ø ＞: surpass, exceed
Ø ＜:less than
Ø ＝: equal to, the same as
Ø ≠: difference
Ø ↑: increase, promote, enhance, improve
Ø ↓: decrease, fall, worsen
Ø ＋: plus, add, besides, moreover
Ø －: minus, deduct, except
Ø →: result in, lead to
Ø ←: originate from, date back to
Ø √: correct, good, positive, affirmative
Ø ×: wrong, bad, mistaken, negative
Ø ☆: outstanding, elite
Ø ∵: because, owing to, thanks to, since, as
Ø ∴: therefore, consequently, as a result, so, hence
Ø ∑: total, amount
Ø γ: government
3. Abbreviation
Ø ableàBL: PRBL， RSBL， DBL
Ø ingàG: SHPG
Ø tionàN: OPTN， NAN
Ø mentàT: AGRMT
Ø izeàZ: RCGNZ， OGNZ
Ø tiveàTV: EFCTV，
Ø fulàFL: SCFL
Ø lessàLS: RGDLS
Ø ent/antàT: URGT
Ø al/ialàL: ARVL
4. Practice
Sample Script: American universities have been offering classes online through computers for a number of years. Now, some newly created colleges are offering academic degrees online. One university offers both bachelor’s degrees and master’s degrees. Official say they try to provide students with a social experience as well as an educational one. For example, in some programs, groups of the same six students progress through all their classes together. They communicate by computer. Another online school uses a problem-solving method of teaching. Students attempt to solve real problems in their classes online instead of reading information.
Students who have taken online classes say they like them because they do not have to travel to building at a set time to listen to a professor. Professors say they have better communication with students through e-mail notes than they do in many traditional classes.
