1. GUST 1270 College and Career Planning
CHAPTER SEVEN
RECORD:
Cultivating Your Listening Skills and Developing a Note-Taking System that Works for You

2. UNIT 7 OBJECTIVES This chapter can help you:
Understand listening and hearing
Apply the Chinese definition of listening
Overcome obstacles to listening
Identify key terms during lecture
Use the L-STAR note-taking system
Choose a note-taking system
Know what to do if you get lost during lecture

3. WHY LISTEN? Listening is necessary for:
Establishing and improving relationships
Personal growth
Showing respect to others
Professional rapport
Showing empathy and compassion
Learning new information
Understanding others’ opinions and views
Entertainment
Health

4. CHINESE VERB: TO LISTEN

5. CONSTRUCTIVELY TYPES OF LISTENING Listening PURPOSEFULLY
Listening OBJECTIVELY
Listening
CONSTRUCTIVELY

6. OBSTACLES TO LISTENING
PREJUDGING
TALKING
EMOTIONS

7. LISTEN WHEN YOUR PROFESSOR…
Writes something on the board
Uses an overhead
Uses computer-aided graphics
Speaks in a loud tone or altered vocal pattern
Uses gestures
Draws on a flip chart

8. IF ENGLISH IS YOUR SECOND LANGUAGE…
Ask your professor for clarification
Listen for words you understand during lecture
Enhance your vocabulary through radio and TV programs
Write down any written information the professor provides
Join a campus conversation club…or start one!

9. WHY TAKE NOTES? You become an active part of the listening process
It creates a history of content
You have written criteria
It creates a visual of the information
Studying becomes easier

10. PREPARING TO TAKE EFFECTIVE NOTES
Attend class
Come to class prepared
Bring your text to class
Ask questions and participate

11. Common Symbols w/= with = means equal w/o= without eg= for example
<= less than
%= percentage
+= plus or addition
*= important
esp= especially
&= and
>= greater than
#= number
- = minus
etc= and so on
vs= against
“ = quote
… = and so on

12. L… Listening S… Setting It Down T… Translating A… Analyzing
THE L-STAR SYSTEM
L… Listening
S… Setting It Down
T… Translating
A… Analyzing
R… Remembering

13. THREE TYPES OF NOTES
OUTLINE
CORNELL
MAPPING

14. Outline Technique Topic: Listening The Process of Listening (ROAR)
A. R=Receiving
1. W/in range of sound
2. Hearing the information
B. O=Organizing & focusing
1. Choose to listen actively
2. Observe the origin, direction and intent
C. A= Assignment
1. You assign a meaning
2. May have to hear it more than once
D. R= Reacting
1. Our response to what we heard
2. Reaction can be anything
Definition of Listening (POC)
A. P=Listening w/ a purpose
B. O=Listening w/ objectivity
C. C=Listening constructively

15. Cornell System Section “B” Created by Dr. Walter Palk (Notes)
Section “A”
Questions
Section “B”
(Notes)

16. Mapping System

17. WHEN YOU GET LOST Ask the professor to repeat the information
Ask the professor to slow down
Leave a blank space in your notes with a question mark to get the information later
Go to the professor’s office for clarification
Form a note-taking group for sharing
Don’t ask another student for clarification during the class
Rehearse your note-taking skills
Tape the lecture with the professor’s permission

18. LISTENING AND TAKING NOTES
Sit near front of room
Read text beforehand
Familiarize yourself with the key terms in the chapter
Listen purposefully, objectively, and constructively in class
Date and head your notes
Choose a note-taking style
Copy any written information
Organize, translate, and review your notes
Store related handouts and notes

19. UNIT REFLECTION Evaluate content before judging the messenger
Restrain emotions and preconceived notions while listening
Sit where you can see and hear the professor
Listen for “how” something is said
Listen to the entire story
Listen for key ideas and terms
Keep a separate notebook for each course
Use abbreviations when taking notes
Write down any written information provided

20. JUST FOR FUN !!
Character Illustration by Christian O’Brien