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1
Inha University
  • Note-Taking Shorthand
  • Listening Comprehension III
  • Academic Listening and Note-Taking Skills
  • Instructor Chris Gunn

2
  • In todays class we are going to look at a system
    of shorthand for note-taking.
  • Then you are going to develop your own system of
    shorthand.

3
  • When you develop your system of shorthand you can
    use all, some, or none of the symbols shown in
    this presentation.
  • It is entirely up to you to find a system that
    you are comfortable with.
  • However, many of these symbols are commonly used
    and therefore will make your notes accessible to
    others.

4
  • Whatever system of symbols you use,
  • be consistent!

5
  • As well, the concepts highlighted in todays
    lecture are essential concepts for making a good
    outline of an academic lecture.
  • Having good shorthand helps to highlight the
    organization of the presentation, lecture or
    topic of discussion.

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  • Some important concepts you must indicate with
    shorthand are the following
  • (1) Title/topic
  • (2) Main idea
  • (3) Supporting points
  • (4) Conclusions
  • (5) Examples
  • (6) Definitions of
    words/concepts
  • (7) Causes/effects
  • (8) Trends/Increases/Decreases
  • (9) Questions/Rhetorical
    questions
  • (10) Reasons
  • (11) Benefits/Drawbacks, Pros/Cons,

7
Other Concerns
  • As well, you will need to be able to indicate the
    relative importance of an idea and you should
    have a system for managing space in your notes.

8
  • Managing space in your notes includes
  • (1) Leaving space/not bunching everything up.
  • (2) Having space for tangents.
  • (3) Using margins for definitions.

9
  • So now lets take a look at how we can use
    shorthand to simply the important note-taking
    concepts listed earlier.

10
(1) Title/topics
  • In shorthand, one way to indicate a title or a
    topic is to use a long underline.
  • Your title should go in the center of the page
    along with the majority of your notes so that
    tangents and definitions can go in the margins.

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(1) Title/topics
  • Lecture
  • In todays lecture well be looking at the
    effects of global warming on polar bear
    populations.
  • Notes

12
(2) Main Idea
  • One way to indicate a main idea or is to use
    surrounding stars or a box.

13
(2) Main idea
  • Lecture
  • Well see how global warming has caused a rapid
    decline of polar bear populations throughout the
    arctic.
  • Notes

14
(3) Supporting points
  • Supporting points to the main idea can be
    indicated using numbers, letters, or lower case
    roman numerals.

15
(3) Supporting points
  • Lecture
  • The loss of sea ice has reduced the hunting
    grounds of polar bears.
  • Notes

16
(4) Conclusions
  • To indicate conclusions (both within a lecture
    and as an overall conclusion) it is common to use
    the following symbol.

17
(4) Conclusions
  • Lecture
  • This is because the polar bears use the sea to
    hunt seals as they come up for air. As the ice
    disappears, the bears can no longer catch seals
    and end up starving.
  • Notes

18
(5) Examples/Evidence
  • One way to indicate an example is to use the ex)
    symbol.
  • I use another symbol ev) for evidence but that is
    a non-standard symbol that only I use as far as I
    know.

19
(5) Examples/Evidence
  • Lecture
  • The Hudson Bay bear population has decreased
    twenty percent in the last decade and the average
    bear weight is down by fifteen percent.
  • Notes

20
(6) Causes/effects
  • The most common symbol for indicating cause and
    effect is an arrow.
  • We have already seen several examples in previous
    slides.

21
(7) Definitions of words/concepts
  • Definitions are often indicated by underlining a
    word in your notes and then providing the
    definition in the margin.

22
(8) Trends/Increases/Decreases
  • The most common symbol for indicating upwards or
    downwards trends are arrows slanting upward or
    downward.

23
Putting It All Together
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(9) Questions/Rhetorical questions
  • Questions to be answered and rhetorical questions
    are usually indicated with a question mark.

25
(10) Questions/Rhetorical Questions
  • Lecture
  • One question well look at is whether or not
    polar bears will become extinct by 2050.
  • Notes

26
(10) Reasons
  • One common symbols to show cause is the inverted
    therefore.
  • If you want to differentiate shades of reasons
    such as because and so that.
  • You can also use a left facing arrow to show
    reason.

27
(10) Reasons
  • Lecture
  • The average temperature in the ocean is
    increasing due to the greenhouse effect caused by
    increased atmospheric CO2 .
  • Notes

28
(11) Benefits/Drawbacks
  • Some common systems for showing benefits and
    drawbacks (or pros and cons).

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(11) Benefits/Drawbacks
  • Lecture
  • One benefit of the loss of arctic ice is that
    sea lanes are opening up for the transportation
    of goods. On the other hand, this will lead to
    more pollution and even greater stress on the
    bears habitat.
  • Notes

30
Abbreviations
  • It may also be useful to have a system of
    abbreviation for commonly occurring words such as
    international.
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