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Note-taking skills involve techniques for effectively recording information for future reference, emphasizing conciseness and the use of keywords. Tips for students include being prepared, focusing on big ideas, using abbreviations, and incorporating diagrams for clarity. Summarizing involves distilling longer sources into concise overviews while ensuring proper attribution to avoid plagiarism.

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Note taking Handout

Note-taking skills involve techniques for effectively recording information for future reference, emphasizing conciseness and the use of keywords. Tips for students include being prepared, focusing on big ideas, using abbreviations, and incorporating diagrams for clarity. Summarizing involves distilling longer sources into concise overviews while ensuring proper attribution to avoid plagiarism.

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NOTE TAKING SKILLS

Note-taking skills are techniques to write information which you can use for
reference later conveniently whenever you require it. They include methods to
label each section in an easy-to-understand style and use phrases for long
sentences, helping you to note extensive details conveniently. Your ability to be
concise and record keywords that allow you to remember key points are
essential. You can create high-quality notes by using abbreviations for repetitive
terms and highlighting critical points.
General Tips for Note taking for Students
1. Be prepared: Always bring enough paper and a writing instrument of
your choice to class.
2. Start a new page for each new class.
3. 3Don’t try to write down every word . Only Phrases (Key Words), Not
full sentences.
4. Write down the big ideas: Listen for facts, connections, and main ideas.
This may take a while to get used to, because you will need to divide your
attention between listening . Don’t get frustrated. In time, this will
become easier.
5. Use abbreviations for commonly occurring names and words: You
can develop your own abbreviations, so long as you don’t forget what
they stand for.
6. Leave lots of room on the page: Your notes will much easier to read,
and you’ll have space to add information later on, if needed. Don’t try to
cram everything onto one piece of paper.
7. Use diagrams, markings and pictures wherever necessary: Sometimes
it is helpful to draw pictures that illustrate the connections between ideas,
sequences, or events. Don’t be afraid to draw pictures that will help you
understand the material. You may use Mind Mapping, Spider Gram,
Table, Tree, Flow Charting, Timeline, Columns, Underline, Circle, Star,
bullets, symbols etc.
8. Review your notes for accuracy.

SUMMARISING
A summary is a short description of a longer source, such as a book,
article, audio-visual recording, film, speech, or interview. The
purpose of a summary is to give the reader a general overview of the
original source material. It might list the main points and
conclusions, but it does not include many details.

Summaries are used for many purposes: for business reports,


minutes of meetings, resumes, book reviews, movie reviews, and so
on. We use summaries in everyday life, too, such as when we tell a
friend about a cricket game we saw or a holiday trip we took.

Summaries are often used in research writing—to introduce new


information, for instance, or to support an argument. It is
important, however, that the writer always acknowledges the original
source, in order to avoid plagiarism.

Summary Writing Tips


1. Carefully read or watch the source material

You might have to read or watch the original source material several
times to completely understand it. If you don’t have a good
understanding of the original source, you cannot write a good
summary.

2. Make notes of the key points

3. Do not try to copy everything you read in the original source


material. Instead, list only the main points or main ideas. You may
also want to “quote” especially useful or interesting statements.
4. Write the summary in your own words
Now, using your notes, write out your summary in your own words.
Do not try to reproduce the original source. Remember, you only
need to give the main ideas—the “gist” of the original source. Also,
be sure to credit the original source.

An academic summary is usually written in the present tense, using


phrases like The author says, The author states that or According to
Wikipedia . . . To add unity and cohesion to your summary, use
transition words and phrases, such as First, Second, In addition,
Finally, However, As a result, Later, and Today.

4. Proofread your summary


Finally, reread your summary and correct any mistakes or awkward
wording. Make sure you accurately represent the original source,
but also make sure you do not plagiarize (copy) any of the original
language. Remember, your goal is to give a short review of the
original source, using your own words

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