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Listen up!. How to take lecture notes like a champ. Bad habits to break ID- ing the important stuff. 8 Bad L istening H abits & How to Break T hem. This is soo boring. I’m hungry…. #1: Calling the Subject Dull

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Listen up!

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  1. Listen up! How to take lecture notes like a champ • Bad habits to break • ID-ing the important stuff

  2. 8 Bad Listening Habits & How to Break Them

  3. This is soo boring. I’m hungry… #1: Calling the Subject Dull Using dry and dusty subject matter as an excuse to let your mind wander

  4. A yellow shirt? Ugh. Bad choice. #2: Criticizing the Speaker Spending valuable time critiquing the way the speaker looks, acts, and talks.

  5. FACTS MAIN IDEAS #3: Listening Only For Facts Skipping the main ideas and only recording disconnected facts

  6. #4: Rigidly Outlining Forcing all lectures into an outline, even when the speaker doesn’t present that way

  7. OMG! I can’t believe she dumped him! Attention: Collection of tensions that can be resolved only by getting the facts or ideas that the speaker is trying to convey #5: Faking attention Looking attentive even though your mind is anything but focused

  8. #6: Tolerating Distractions Squirming, talking, or shuffling papers in a way that distracts themselves AND their neighbors

  9. #7: Choosing Only What’s Easy Spending leisure time listening to mindless TV rather than stuff that requires a brain and builds listening skills

  10. Talk 5x slower than Think 5x faster than #8: Wasting Difference B/ Speech and Thought Speeds Failing to take advantage of your brain’s ability to move faster than the speaker’s mouth

  11. How to ID the Important Stuff

  12. If the speaker . . . * Repeats the same information * Slows down * Gets louder * Writes on the SmartBoard

  13. Signal Words Words and phrase that help listeners understand a lecture

  14. Preview Words Today … We’re focusing on… Our goal is … We’ll be looking at…

  15. Main Idea Words I. A. B. II. A. III. There are 3 reasons… First… Second… Third… Most important . . .

  16. Support Ideas Words I. A. B. C. II. A. III. For example . . . In order to. . . Because . . . Also . . .

  17. Summary Words In conclusion. . . Signal words give the listener clues about the content of a lecture To summarize . . . Because . . . From this we see . . .

  18. Test Clues Words This is important . . . Remember this . . . You’re going to see this again . . .

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