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Diploma in Higher Education Studies

Taking notes that work

HES 101 · English for Academic Purposes — Week 11 of 16

CourseHES 101
Week11 of 16
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This week’s topics

Taking notes that work

  1. Key words and abbreviations
  2. Simple note layouts: headings, Cornell notes, mind maps

What you will be able to do

  • 3.1 Take structured notes from a recorded lecture.

Activity

Take structured notes from a ten-minute recorded talk.

Study materials

Further resources

  • College Success, ch. 5.3: Taking notes · PDF · OpenStax (2020), Cornell notes, outlines and mind maps; pp. 152–170 · for registered students
  • Writing for Success, ch. 1.2: Developing study skills · PDF · Saylor (2012), note-taking and study habits; pp. 17–30 · for registered students
  • Cognitive activities behind variations in lecture note-taking · Open-access article · Liu & Uesaka (2022), Frontiers in Education. Compares how high-school students take lesson notes: copying versus selecting, organising and adding their own points. · for registered students
  • The effects of note-taking methods on lasting learning · Open-access article · Yıldırım (2026), Frontiers in Psychology. Tests which note-taking methods help students remember lecture content over time, and why. · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: How a non-fiction article is organised
  • Week 2: Reading for the main idea: skimming
  • Week 3: Finding information fast: scanning
  • Week 4: The parts of an academic article
  • Week 5: Formal and informal English
  • Week 6: Building a paragraph: the topic sentence
  • Week 7: Supporting your point with evidence and examples
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Linking ideas with connectives
  • Week 10: Listening to a short lecture
  • Week 11: Taking notes that work
  • Week 12: Summarising in your own words
  • Week 13: From lecture notes to a summary
  • Week 14: Checking and improving your writing
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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