1. Lectures and Note-Taking Dirt Skills

2. Skill Bir: Infer Understand lecturer as s/he says it Cannot stop lecturer Not recognise words

3. Try to infer from context Not always able to Failure might discourage Concentrate on most important points

4. Skill Iki: Main Points Title important information Students should study carefully Good lecturer signals important points

5. Lecturer Colloquial style crunch get it down Not helpful to international student ISs have to get used to style

6. Lecturers give indirect signals pause slow speaking loud speaking intonation range combination

7. Skill Uch: Write down abbreviate max info words one point per line

8. Finding time to write Student may miss important point Connectives guide student moreover, furthermore, also etc. indicate argument is proceeding however, on the other hand, nevertheless, usually new or unexpected info following

9. Skill Dirt: Connec- tions between points Visual presentations spacing underlining conventional symbols numbering points