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UNDERSTANDING NUMERICAL INFORMATION

During a lecture, you will sometimes need to write down many numbers. They may be
expressed in whole numbers, percentages, fractions or decimals. Do you know how to
express numerical information?
 365 (number) three hundred sixty-five
 2015 (year) two thousand fifteen / twenty, fifteen
NUMERICAL  1400s (year) fourteen hundreds
INFORMATION  15th (century) fifteenth century
 45% (percentage) forty-five percent
 1/4 (fraction) a quarter, one quarter / one fourth
 2/3 (fraction) two thirds
 2 ¾ (fraction) two and three quarters
 December, 8 (date) eight of December / December the eight
 3.5 (decimal) three point five
 3x2 (ratio) three times two

Exercise 1: You will hear ten numbers. Write the numbers that you hear.

1. …………… 6. ……………

2. …………… 7.……………

3. …………… 8. ……………

4. …………… 9. ……………

5. …………… 10. …………..

Exercise 2: You will hear ten years. Write the years that you hear.

1. ………………. 6.………………

2. ………………. 7. …………….

3.………………. 8. …………….

4. ……………… 9. …………….

5.……………… 10. ……………

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Exercise 3: You will hear some fractions, decimals, and numbers. Write the fractions,
decimals, and numbers that you hear.
1.…………………. 6.………………….

2.…………………. 7.………………….

3.…………………. 8.………………….

4.…………………. 9.………………….

5.…………………. 10.…………………

Exercise 4: You will hear five ratios or proportions. Write the numbers that you hear.
Notice the following ways to talk about ratios or proportions.
2 per 10 = two in ten = two out of ten = O O X X X X X X X X
5:1 = five to one = O O O O O X

1. In 2007, nearly …………………………… Americans listed reading as one of their

favourite leisure activities.
2. In the same study,..................................................................Americans listed TV watching.
3. And in the same study, people preferred computer activities to bicycling ………………….
4. In 2008, worldwide, nearly ……………………………… city dwellers lived in cities with
population of 1 million or fewer.
5. The number of infant deaths in Ethiopia in 2007 was …………………………...births.
Exercise 5: Listen to the statements containing numbers. Write the numbers that you
hear.
1. Michelangelo was born in _________.
2. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, English author (Frankenstein), was born in ______and
died in ___________.
3. One cup of raisins = calories.
4. grams of yoghurt from partially skimmed milk =
calories.
5. In , %of immigrants to the United States were from
Asia.
6. The Missouri River is miles long.
7. Mount Everest is feet high.
8. The total surface area of Antarctica is square miles in
summer, ________________the size of Australia.
9. India’s population is projected to be __________________ billion by _______________________ .
10. Tokyo’s projected population in _______________is ______________ million.

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11. A tsunami occurred in Aceh, Indonesia, on ____________________ .

12. The tsunami was caused by an underwater earthquake measuring on the

Richter Scale, resulting in deaths.
13. In a survey taken in asking people about problems in their country, nearly
___________________ people in India said “pollution.”
14. In the year , oil consumption varied: China consumed a little less than ______
of U.S. consumption; Brazil consumed about the amount that the United
States did.
15. Length of board= feet; width= __ inches; depth= ______
inches.
16. One pound= ___________________ grams.

LISTENING & NOTE-TAKING SKILLS & STRATEGIES

Some tips for taking better notes:

 Listen actively!
 Look through the headings and sub-headings.
 Do not note down everything!
 Listen for cues and note down the key information.
 Write phrases, not full sentences.
 Use symbols and abbreviations.
 Keep going if you fall behind or miss something.

*Pause *Slow down *Spell the key word

*Speak more loudly *Repeat the key word e.g. A phobia- that’s p-h-o-b-i-a is an extreme
fear.

WATCH OUT!
In a lecture, speakers use a variety of cues to let you know when they are about to focus on a
key word. They may give any of the following cues:

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SKILL STRATEGY

Recognize expressions that signal the main idea of the lecture

 Today’s lecture is about …………
 I’m going to talk about …………
 Our topic today is ………….
1. Listening for
 Today I would like to inform you about …………
topic or main idea  In this lecture, I will focus on …………
 First, we will look at …..…. and then we will focus on ……….
 Today’s lecture will be divided into two parts: …………

Recognize text language that signals a transition

Expressions that signal a new idea
 First, …………
 I will begin my lecture with …………
 Let me start with ……….
 Now, let’s have a look at ……….
 But first, we’re going to talk about ………
2. Listening for
details Expressions that signal a move from one idea to another
 Next, ………
 Moreover, ………
 Also, ………
 Let’s move on to ………
Recognize text language that signals a definition
 Let me define X ………
 The definition of X is ………
 That is, ………
 In other words, ………
 By X, I mean …….

Recognize text language that signals important information

 It’s important to note that ……
 I want to point out ………
 Let me repeat that ………
 I’ll say that again.
Recognize text language that signals an example
 For example, / For instance, / To illustrate, ……..
 ………. such as ………..
 An example of this is ………
 One example would be ………
 Let me give you an example ………

Recognize text language that signals listing ideas

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 First of all, ………

 After that / then, ………
 Secondly, / finally ………
 Three advantages of ………
 There are four types of ………
Listening for Recognize text language that signals a cause-effect relationship
details
 ……… because / as / since ………
 ……… affects / results in ………
 For this reason, ………
 X is the result of Y.
Recognize text language that signals an opposite idea
 On the other hand, ………
 However, ………
 …..…., but …….
 In contrast, ………
……… while / whereas ………

Symbols and Abbreviations Symbols and abbreviations are useful for note-taking because this helps you
keep up with the lecturer. The chart below has some common symbols and abbreviations.

& and
= is / are / equals
≠ is not the same as
# number
> more than / greater than
< less than / smaller than
~ approximately
Symbols
£ pound
? not sure
! important
↓ decrease, fall
↑ increase, rise
→ cause, lead to, result in
← is caused by, result from

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ex. for example
Ss students
lang. language
Abbreviations
bc. because
k thousand
w/o with / without
dif / difference / similarity
sim
comm. Communication
or Commercial

PRACTICE 1: WOMEN IN SCIENCE

face (v.) confront, deal with

encourage (v.) to give someone confidence or hope to do something

evaluate (v.) to consider or study something carefully and decide how good or bad it is

to be interested (adj.) to be into something

attitude (n.) how you think or feel about something and how this makes you behave
colleague (n.) coworker
issue (n.) an important subject or problem that people are discussing
take time out (v.) to stop doing what one is doing in order to do something else for a while
compete (v.) to take part in a race or competition
confidence (n.) a feeling of being certain of your ability to do things well

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NOTE-TAKING: Listen to the lecture and take some notes following the guiding information.
SIGNALS FROM THE LECTURE WHAT TO NOTE DOWN
The first problem is… what happens in …

In the UK, schools…

Boys want to know…

Women are more interested in…

The next problem is…

Early in my career… …. in my lab in Oxford.

When I went to France…

about …. % of the people working there were …

Another problem for women in science…

In the lab in Paris,… … having children … for a woman's career

If a woman takes time out to have a child, things…

But in Britain,…
If she wants to return to work after having children, it's …

The last problem I’m going to mention today…

Women scientists have to… …. in their….

They also have to… …. to apply… and to ….

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QUESTIONS
Answer the following questions according to the notes you have taken.

1. Schools do not give enough chance to girls to study science. T F

2. Boys are more interested in facts / good and bad.

3. Male attitudes towards women in science is a problem. T F

4. The speaker didn’t have a problem in her workplace in Paris because about half
of the people working there were good.

T F

5. Having children is also a problem for women scientists in Britain. T F

6. Women scientists do not need to have confidence in their abilities. T F

7. Confidence is necessary for women scientists in job interviews. T F

NOTE- TAKING PRACTICE 2(TECHNOPHOBIA- WHY?)

Student notes – individual work

Student notes – pair work

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NOTE-TAKING PRACTICE 3 (FIRST SPACE EXPLORATIONS)

discovery (n.) an occasion when someone discovers something

mission (n.) an important job, usually travelling somewhere
launch (v.) to send a spacecraft or bomb into the sky, or a ship into the water
artificial (adj.) not natural, but made by people
transmitter (n.) an apparatus for transmitting radio or television signals
exploration (n.) the act or an instance of exploring
lead to (v.) to make something happen or exist
measure (v.) to find the size, weight, amount, or speed of something

detector (n.) a piece of equipment used to discover something, especially something that
is difficult to see, hear, smell, etc.
belt (n.) an area of a particular type of land, or an area where a particular group of
people live
surround (v.) to be or go everywhere around something or someone
gather (v.) to collect several things together, often from different places or people
Instructions: Complete these sentences using the correct words in the chart.
1. People can stay in their car and hear the entire service via FM .
2. Her in life was to help the poor.
3. The house on the hill is __by a large garden.
4. This product contains no colors. Only natural substances are used.
5. Scientists have made an important about genetics recently.
6. Before entering the hospital, I pass through a metal and guards
search my bag.
7. A poor diet can health problems in later life.
8. They interviewed 1000 people to data on TV viewing habits.
9. She has always loved travel and .
10. The asteroid is a torus-shaped region in the solar system, located
roughly between the orbits of the planets Jupiter and Mars.
11. SpaceX successfully ________ the probe and started the next mission.
12. The physicist uses the strobe effect to ____ the speed or acceleration of objects,
or to take pictures of very fast-moving objects.

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SIGNALS FROM THE LECTURE WHAT TO NOTE DOWN

Today, we are going to take a closer look…

Introduction
In other words,

Let’s start with................................/

Its first space exploration started…

What does the name Sputnik mean? ......

Sputnik
Of course, ..............

Its mission

However, ………………

Finally,….

but it had a big effect on the world……

Sputnik &
USA Space Also,….
Exploration

After the Soviet Union

Its mission was to ...................

Explorer 1

..........led to the ...................

In the end,…….

After ................

The goal of ..................

Pioneer 1&2 However, .................

Then, ...............

For example,……

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As you can see, ...................

Conclusion

QUESTIONS
Part A: Use your notes to decide if the statements below are T (true) or F (false)
according to the lecture on “First Space Explorations”. Change the false statements to
make them true.

1.Sputnik was heavier than Explorer 1.

2.Not all pioneer missions were successful.
3.NASA began on October 1, 1948.
4.The radiation belt around our planet is 35,000 miles in length.
5.The lecturer believes that the launch of Explorer 1 had a domino effect.

Part B: Answer the questions using your notes from the lecture.

1. The main point of the lecture is that .

A) space explorations must have different missions
B) space explorations are very expensive in the US
C) the Explorer 1 and Pioneer missions were unsuccessful
D) Sputnik had a great effect especially on space explorations in the USA

2. Sputnik was the name of the first .

A) spaceship to the moon
B) satellite in space
C) mission to Mars
D) Russian astronaut

3. Sputnik carried .
A) a thermometer and two radio transmitters
B) a cosmic ray detector and a thermometer
C) a cosmic ray detector and two transmitters
D) a radioactive bomb and a thermometer

4. The lecturer mentions that the launch of Sputnik .

A) made the US happy
B) caused protests in the US
C) shocked the US
D) was dangerous

5. The mission of was to measure the radiation around the earth.

A) Sputnik B) Explorer 1 C) Pioneer 1 D) Pioneer 3

6. The first spacecrafts which visited Jupiter and Saturn were .

A) Pioneer 1 and 2 B) Pioneer 2 and 3 C) Pioneer 3 and 4 D) Pioneer 10 and 11

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