EN432: Note-taking and Summarizing
Teacher: Michael Rudy Office: 226 Tel: 02-260-1770, ext. 6223
Office Hours: Tues. 9:00-11:00; Wed. 13:00-15:00
First Semester 1004, 3 Credit Hours
Schedule
Section B05Monday, 13:30-16:20, Room 266/1
Section B06Tuesday,13:30-16:20, Pharmacy Faculty, 301
Course Description
Practice taking notes and summarizing from both reading and listening to authentic texts.
Objective
- Lecture comprehension and note-taking involving skills in evaluating information (deciding what is important and needs to be noted), organizing information (seeing how ideas relate to each other), and predicting information (anticipating the content and direction of a lecture).
- Acquisition of vocabulary and recognition of language cues.
- Gaining knowledge about a variety of topics through lectures and related readings.
- Summarizing main points from lectures and related readings.
Teaching Method
Students will listen to a variety of academic-type lectures. They will learn to predict the content of lectures and evaluate information; recognize the organization of lectures; identify paraphrase, repetition, and tangential information; organize notes; and apply lecture notes to academic tasks. In addition, they will read and discuss authentic readings from newspapers and magazines related to the lectures they hear. They will also be involved with group discussion activities involving critical thinking skills.
Materials
Required Text: Learn to listen; listen to learn: academic listening and note-taking/ Roni S. Lebauer – 2nd ed.
Evaluation
Participation in class activities (80% attendance required): 20%
Grading of four sets of lecture notes: 40%
Mid-term exam: 20%; Final exam: 20%
EN432-B05, B06 Tentative Course Outline (If time permits, additional lectures will be included.)
Week 1: June 7; Pre-Coursework Evaluation (Unit 1)
Week 2: June 14; Begin Looking at Lecture Transcripts (Unit 2)
Week 3: June 21; Begin Note-Taking Basics (Unit 3)
Week 4: June 28; Begin Noting Numbers and Statistics (Unit 4); Lecture emphasizing years; Lecture 4: Milestones in Technology
Week 5: July 5 Continue Note-taking Basics (Unit 3) Lecture 2: Women and Work
Week 6: July 12Begin Organization Plans Within Lectures (Unit 5); Lecture using definitions and lists (Unit 6); Lecture 6: How to Deal with Stress
Week 7: July 19 Continue Organizational Plans Within Lectures (Unit 5); Lecture describing a causal relationship and exemplifying a topic (Unit 6); Lecture 7: Acid Rain
Week 8: July 26 Continue Noting Numbers and Statistics (Unit 4); Lecture emphasizing dates and larger numbers, fractions, and decimals (Unit 4); Lecture 5: Immigration to the United States
Week 9: August 2 HOLIDAY
August 9 MID-TERM EXAM
Week 10: August 23 Continue Organizational Plans Within Lectures (Unit 5); Lecture including a description of a process or sequence of events (Unit 6); Lecture 8: Archaeological Dating Methods
Week 11: August 30 Continue Organization Plans Within Lectures (Unit 5); Lecture emphasizing or incorporating descriptions and/or classifications; Lecture 10: Pheromones
Week 12: September 6 Continue Organizational Plans Within Lectures (Unit 5); Lecture emphasizing comparison and contrast (Unit 6); Lecture 13: Voter Turnout in the United States
Week 13: September 13 Continue Organizational Plans Within Lectures (Unit 5); Lecture emphasizing a generalization supported by evidence (Unit 6); Lecture 12: Drink Your Green Tea!
Week 14: September 20 Post-Coursework Evaluation (Unit 7); Lecture 18: The Pyramids of Egypt: An Engineering Feat
September 27 FINAL EXAM