IBUN JAZAR ISLAMIC SECONDARY SCHOOL
ENGLISH - FORM ONE, TOPIC fifteen (15)
Topic (15) Taking Notes
Listening skills and note taking
a)
Hearing, is the natural ability of receiving sound wave
or message
b)
Listening is conscious ability of receiving message
deliberately and involves some skills. Example, knowledge to carry out
instructions or writing notes.
Listening
strategies
i)
Involve physical and mental awareness.
a)
First, sit in the manner you will see the
speaker
b)
Bring your mind back when it never
concentrates.
ii)
Have desire to listen. Paying attention on what
the speaker is talking about. Tell your mind that you want to concentrate.
iii)
Develop willingness. Be ready to receive new
information. Give a speaker time to speak so as to avoid misinterpretation.
iv)
Postponed judgments. Don’t judge a speaker
based on the appearance, dress, language, speaking style, and concentrate on
what he/she is taking.
v)
Observe. Be careful look at the speaker to
identify the most point emphasized.
vi)
Focus on speakers points view. Understand and
listening what speaker believes in example, tolerance.
Avoid destruction.
Don’t sit with a person who is talkative.
Note: A
Good Listener is a Good Notes Taking
What
is note taking?
Note taking is a process of taking notes, either
from spoken or written text, for example, from radio, television broadcasting
and different stories or speeches in the papers.
Strategies
on notes taken
There are different ways or techniques that are
taken/usually used/ considered when taking notes from different sources. These include;
a) Be brief.
Speaker speaks many things at a time;
write only enough to represent the idea.
Use abbreviation
and symbols can be used
> Greater than,
< Less than, No. Number, ? Important
point, + Positive, Negative
Use point form when writing points.
_______, º, 1st , 2, 2nd
b) Paying attention to signal words. Example;
i)
Words that show contrast. E.g. But, However,
otherwise, yet, despite, inspite of, although, even though, nevertheless,
e.t.c.
ii)
Words that show results. E.g. hence, thus,
therefore.
iii)
Words that show summarization – conclude,
finally, in short, to sum up, to conclude, in brief.
iv)
Words which give/show example – for example,
for instance.
v)
Words which show condition- if, unless, when
vi)
Words which show places- beside, near, adjacent,
opposite, over, below, beyond, across.
Activity
1
Listen
carefully from the text read orally and take notes.
Early marriage puts girls at great risk. Due to
their young age, they are not physically mature enough to become mothers. Early
marriage also results in early and frequent childbirth, leading to large
families. Forced early marriage also denies girls the right to enjoy their
childhood, the right to education and the right to choose a husband they love
and of their own age group. When girls are forced to marry men who are older
than them, they are likely to become widows at an early age. After their
husbands have died, the young widows are left to take care of the children
themselves or remarry. African customs and traditions do not allow a young wife
to inherit her husband's property as most customs deny women the right to own
property.
Activity
2.
Write
notes from the following passage
Kino jumped forward as the rifle fired and his
large knife swung and cut through the man’s neck and chest. Kino was a terrible
killer now. He took the rifle with one hand and with the other he pulled his
knife out of the man’s body. Kino moved very fast. He turned around and hit a
second man’s head. The third man crawled away into the pool. He then began to
climb up the rocks where the water was coming down from. The man’s head and
feet were caught in bushes. He cried and tried to climb up but Kino had become
hard and cruel. Kino raised his rifle and fired, then saw the man falling
backward into the pool. Kino walked into the water; in the moonlight he could
see the man’s frightened eyes. Then Kino fired the rifle between the man’s
eyes.
Kino stood and looked up to the cave, something
was wrong. The insects were silent now. Kino listened and heard a sound. He
knew the long, rising cry from the little cave on the side of the mountain. It
was Juana’s voice. The sound was the cry of death.
