Strategies to Improve Listening Ability and Enhance Understanding of Lectures

This document discusses strategies to improve listening ability and enhance understanding of lectures. It provides recommendations for teachers to help students understand their lectures. Topics covered include asking questions, maintaining eye contact, listening to words, making notes, and giving tasks that involve active listening.

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Table of Contents
ASSESSMENT 1.............................................................................................................................3
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7
ASSESSMENT 2.............................................................................................................................8
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................8
ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION..................................................................................................8
RECOMMENDATION.................................................................................................................10
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................13
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ASSESSMENT 1
INTRODUCTION
For student it is important to make note so that it can be easy for them to learn and understand it
easily. Besides that, through notes they are able to remember it as well for long time. if there are
not proper notes it becomes difficult to understand and learn. Also, it creates a lot of confusion
among student as there are many topics to learn. So, notes provide clarity as well to them. there
are various methods of note taking. It depends on student (Luo, and et.al., 2018).
MAIN BODY
There were two main reasons that why note taking plays a significance role in a student’s
life. As when a student read, write or listen ,taking notes aids them to concentrate. Notes taking
means to write something which is more sensible. Notes aids someone to maintain the
permanent record of what they have listened, read or learned.
Notes before class
Preview to take good notes within class mention below are some of the steps that can improves
note taking before class even starts
Preview reading assignments or text earlier to class as previewing enables a student to
recognizes main ideas as well as concepts that will discusses most during the class.
Take a look into course syllabus so that a student can know about topics as well as what’s going
on during the lecture to be more vital to focus on.
Briefly and smartly review the previous class notes as it assist to establish the new concepts and
ideas that can be more important and to be focused on.
Student needs to organized their notes to find the information that will be important for later.
Such as title their page along the class name as well as date. Maintain a separate section or
notebook for each and every class as well as maintains all the notes for every class together
within sequential order.
Notes during class
If a professor providing conceptual information than focus on the main points instead of copying
down the whole presentation tries to makes the important points said by the professors and after
the class review such concepts and fill the gaps that can’t be catch within class (Morehead, and
et.al., 2019).
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Just note down important dates, keywords and dates and many more that when students go back
to their home explain or defined better or keep remember those things because of the keywords.
Note must be concise as well as brief such as use symbols and abbreviation. Use of phrases and
bullets points rather than complete sentence. It will aids the mind of the student to stay refresh
within class.
Notes in class benefits
Taking notes during class is vital part of the academic success within high school or college, as
during class actively notes can aids students to focus as well as better understanding the
important topics and main concepts. During the class good note taking will help students to
better remember what they see and hear as it also improves the retention, active listening and
comprehension of material.
Post class benefits
After class due to good notes students review their class material so that they will understand it
as well as prepare better for their upcoming exams. Concise and efficient notes can saves energy,
time as well as reduce confusion during the exam time. During exam time if someone not
prepares notes properly than it leads to confusion and makes a sense of insufficient,
disorganized, wordy notes. By the help of good notes a student can get a great source of the
result in order to creates outlines as well as studying (Rummer, and et.al., 2017).
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Notes taking keeps a student more alert as it keeps your body active as well as avoid the feeling
such as distraction that can be usually faced by lots of students.
Most of the successful students have a common thing is that they can use a method known as
note- taking method. As note taking methods will aids them to prepare for before the class as
well as aids them to review key ideas and concepts after the class is over. It will also aids them to
stay more focused during class as well as pay more attention. It will also makes them stress free
and they do not worry for losing the overview one they prepare for an exam they will review
them properly.
Engages mind- By the help of the note taking students can listens carefully as well as deciding
what needs to be include within notes keep their mind and body active within what they listen
during lecture.
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It is also noticed that note taking skills was also pick to note taking style as well as one should
stick to it. Hence there are three several note taking style such as visual, outline or Cornell. As
Visual and Outline notes are known as quick fronts but needs more work after the lecture notes
are quick up front but needs more work after the lecture to make them for useful.
Outline notes- For this method use a outline format to represents relationship among various
pieces of information. It is consider as one of the popular and best note taking method regarding
college people as it can organized their notes within a structural form, helping to save a lot of
energy and time for further reviewing as well as editing. As method name suggests it needs a
structure within an outline form through using bullets points to show several topics as well as
subtopics. For this start writing main topics on the left page as well as add related add some of
the related topics within bullets points bellowing by the help of indents (Morehead, and et.al.,
2019).
Pros and Cons of note taking method
Pros
It represents key points of the class within a more logical way.
It provides a clean and proper structure to student’s notes.
It decreases the editing and reviewing time.
It provides a clean and proper structure to their notes.
Cons
It is not suitable for subjects such as math and chemistry that consist of charts and formulas.
It does not working well if attended lecture unable to a specified structure.
Visual notes- For this there is no need of any stinky words. Here within this methods students
uses lots of flowcharts and drawing methods for taking of notes. It can be consider as more
flexible systems as compare to the outline method. Thus if the lectures can be unorganized than a
student rewrite after the lecture also.
Cornell Method
It is known as the unique method of note- taking , it is different from other methods is known as
page layout. Here within this method pages divided into three or three sections beginning for title
and date from one row at the top of it as well as other with the bottom along with two column
within center. In addition to this 30%v of its width must be kept within left column while the
remaining for the right column i.e. 70 %. Here within this method al the class go within the main
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note taking column as for questions, comments or hints regarding actual notes can be written to
smaller column on the left side. After the lecture ends then there must be a moment to summarise
the actual main ideas of page within section at the bottom that also helps students to speed up
studying and reviewing process. One of the best part is that various people already digest and
remember the information when they written a summary like this. This method can be ideals for
all type of even meeting and lectures.
Pros
It is consider as a quicker way to review, organize and take notes.
Its aids student’s extract several ideas.
It aids within effective learning as it allows to absorb data within a short time duration.
It assists to focuses on main ideas (Rummer, and et.al., 2017).
Cons
It needs some time for summarizing and reviewing the key concepts.
Here page requires to be prepared before class.
Charting method- It is consider as an ideal method that includes a lot of information within the
form of statistics and facts, that require to be learn through heart. Here the data can be organized
within several columns that are kind of similar to a spreadsheet or a table. Each and every
column focuses on a unique category that makes rows more easily comparable.
CONCLUSION
From essay it is summarised that note taking plays crucial role. There notes are taken before
, during and after class. Preview to take good notes within class mention below are some of the
steps that can improves note taking before class even starts. It will also aids them to stay more
focused during class as well as pay more attention. There are different ways of taking note such
as cornell method, visual notes and charting method. Note must be concise as well as brief such
as use symbols. It has to be clear and specific and include only relevant info.
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REFERENCES
Books and journals
Luo, L. and et.al., 2018. Laptop versus longhand note taking: effects on lecture notes and
achievement. Instructional Science, 46(6), pp.947-971.
Morehead, K. and et.al., 2019. Note-taking habits of 21st century college students: implications
for student learning, memory, and achievement. Memory, 27(6), pp.807-819.
Rummer, R., and et.al., 2017. Is testing a more effective learning strategy than note-
taking?. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 23(3), p.293.
Rummer, R., and et.al., 2017. Is testing a more effective learning strategy than note-
taking?. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 23(3), p.293.
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ASSESSMENT 2
INTRODUCTION
The entire education system has changed. Now classes and exams are being conducted online.
Teacher is having a vital role in it. they need to make student understand lectures. But in online
way it has become difficult for them. there has to be a two way communication as students must
listen properly and teacher communicate. moreover, it require student to listen carefully to
lecture. The understand ability of them depends on their listening ability. Here, it will be descried
about how student can improve listening ability and ways teacher help understand lecture
(Ciğerci, and Gultekin, 2017).
ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION
Evaluate some strategies that students can use to improve their listening ability.
In recent time pandemic there has been change in education system. Now lecture are
given online on various application and software. So, all classes are being conducted online.
Thus, it is necessary for students to listen carefully those lectures. This is because in online
class there must be a proper two way communication. It means students should listen properly
and also teacher must communicate to them. it is necessary to listen carefully because entire
understanding of lecture depends on listening ability. If lecture is not listened properly it may
led to misunderstood of lecture and student might not learn from it. besides that there are several
disturbing elements as well such as network error, internet speed, etc. due to which listening
clarity is affected. Thus, in order to enhance listening ability there are several strategies available
for it. they are described as
Asking questions- this is best strategy which student can use to enhance listening ability. Here,
they can ask direct questions to teacher if they are not able to listen properly. Moreover, by
asking question it becomes easy for them to understand what is being taught. Alongside, student
get clarity about what teacher has taught. Asking question will enable tutor to teach again if
student has not listened it properly. So, in this way student can enhance their listening ability.
Maintain eye contact- here student can maintain eye contact with tutor that what he or she is
teaching. In this way it helps in having a proper two way communication with them. This will
also enable student to listen carefully to words of tutor that what it is trying to say. Therefore,
this makes it simple for student to concentrate on lecture (Reddrop, and Mapunda, 2019).
They can also ask questions as well if they do not understand what teacher is saying. The
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student also remain attentive as well if eye contact is maintained. So, in this way listening
ability can be improved.
Listen to words- the student should listen to words of tutor rather than action. With that it can be
summarized and picture is created that what teacher is saying. In addition, student should focus
on understanding words and getting clarity about what is being taught. Also, during lecture
student must emphasis on key words, phrases, etc and try to remember it. this will make them
easy to remind what tutor taught. In this way listening ability is improved.
Making notes- it is also an effective strategy which student can used to enhance listening skills.
in that they can make or prepare some notes based on lectures or topic taught. Thus, it is easy
way to remind that is being taught when they do revision with teacher during lecture. However,
preparing notes allow them to correct their mistakes if they have listened wrong (Sejdiu, 2017).
Giving task which involves active listening, teachers should give such task to students which
involve and require active listening of the students. This is one of the important tasks because
when teachers give to students they require listening carefully in order to complete the task. This
will contribute in listening and will extend to concentration of the students about what is being
said. This is one of the effective strategies to improve listening ability of the students. This also
is able to maintain attention and concentration of the students for the longer time. this gives
clarity to student about their listening skills and if they need improvement or not. They are able
to evaluate their skills in effective way.
How can teachers help students understand their lectures? Make some recommendations.
Tutor play vital role in giving lecture to students and making them understand. It is
important for teacher to make them understand concepts and theories. If student does not
understood lecture then there is no use of giving it. they must learn something from lectures.
However, when student is having doubt they ask question regarding it. however there are certain
ways which can be followed by teacher through which it can help student to understand it in
better way. They are discussed as
Preparation of notes- this is best way through which student can understand lecture. Here,
teacher can prepare notes and give to them. it can be prepared topic wise which will give clarity
to them regarding it. besides that, student will be able to learn from notes and understood it
easily. This also enable student to remember topic easily. Alongside, with notes they can prepare
sub notes as well according to their ability and understanding.
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Taking regular test- here tutor can take regular tests on different topics which is being taught.
Through that they will be able to find out learning ability of student that how much they have
understood lecture. Also, student will ask questions regarding what they have not understood.
So, it will give insight to teacher regarding understand ability of student. So, in future teacher
can do revision of same lecture and make student understood it (Tanaka, and et.al., 2018).
Doing revision - it is recommendation which can be followed by teacher. They can do revision
of lecture once or twice. Also, any particular topic or concept revision can be done if student has
not properly understood. In this way student will get more clarity about topic and understand it in
effective way.
Giving example- the teacher can give examples as much as they can in order to make student
understand about topic or concept in lecture. By giving example it becomes easy for student to
learn and understand it. they are able to remember that thing for long time in their memory. In
this teacher can provide case study, show video, etc to them about it. also, it is found that by
giving example student understand it in better way.
Asking questions- the teacher can ask different questions to student regarding lecture topic or
subject. This gives idea to tutor that to what extent student has understood. Then, they can
solve student problem by explaining to them in easier way. This also benefit student as they are
able to learn it more quickly. When questions are asked it becomes easy to remove confusion of
student.
Use of data and graphs - the teacher can use data and graphs to teach student. They can show
to them about topic or concept. In this way it gives a clear image into mind of student and they
are able to understand it easily (Ciğerci, and Gultekin, 2017).
Solving student problem- teacher can solve students problem if they are in doubt. It can be done
one by one and answer to all doubts is given again and again until students is clear with doubt.
Hence, these are some ways which teacher can use in order to make student understand
the lecture in better way. There are many things in as well which needs to be consider as type of
lecture. By that it will be easy for teacher to select way and apply it.
RECOMMENDATION
There are some other recommendations as well which can be followed by teacher. They are
as follows
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Explaining in depth- tutor can explain in depth regarding topic to student. So for this they can
relate concept with some other thing to make it easy for student to understand. In this they can
provide their own hand made notes to them. Through that it becomes easy to understand for
student about lecture.
Use of technology- they can take help of technology to teach student. This will make it easy and
clear for student to understand it in effective way.
CONCLUSION
From above it can be summarized that in online lectures it is essential for student to listen
carefully to lectures. This is because if they do not listen it then they are not able to understand.
So, there are several strategies to enhance listening ability such as asking questions, maintaining
eye contact, listen to words, etc. this will be helpful in it. furthermore, teacher role is to make
student understand the lectures. For it, there are different ways in which it can be done. They are
preparing notes, giving examples, asking questions, taking tests, etc. these can be followed by
tutors.
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REFERENCES
Books and journals
Ciğerci, F.M. and Gultekin, M., 2017. Use of digital stories to develop listening comprehension
skills. Issues in Educational Research, 27(2), pp.252-268.
Reddrop, A. and Mapunda, G., 2019. Listening Skills: Accountancy Educators in
Retreat?. Australasian Accounting, Business and Finance Journal, 13(1), pp.76-89.
Sejdiu, S., 2017. Are listening skills best enhanced through the use of multimedia
technology. Digital Education Review, (32), pp.60-72.
Tanaka, H., and et.al., 2018, October. Listening skills assessment through computer agents.
In Proceedings of the 20th ACM International Conference on Multimodal
Interaction (pp. 492-496).
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