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Academic Listening and Note-Taking
Course
en
English
Subtitles available
16 h
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- Self-paced
- Free Access
- Fee-based Certificate
- 4 Sequences
- Intermediate Level
- Subtitles in Spanish, Chinese
Course details
Syllabus
- Week 1 - Welcome
This is the first course in the Learn English: Advanced Speaking and Listening specialization. It is aimed at learners whose native language is not English. This course will help you improve your academic listening and speaking skills. For example, you will le... - Week 1 - What is Academic Listening and Why is It Important?
This week, you will begin thinking about academic listening. You will learn what makes it difficult and how you can get better at listening and note taking. You'll also learn some tips to make it easier. - Week 2 - Identifying Topic and Purpose
Now, you will learn about strategies to make you a better listener. You'll learn about what things to pay the most attention to and what things might not be so important in a lecture. You'll also learn that listening well to a lecture starts before the class a... - Week 3 - Identifying Main Ideas and Details
Last week, you learned about listening to the beginning of a class lecture. This week, you will learn about listening to the middle of the lecture. You'll learn about idenifying main ideas and details and how to organize them well in your notes. - Week 4 - Identifying Stance and Speaker Attitude
You've been learning about how to listen and take notes about various parts of a lecture. In this final week, you'll learn about some other strategies to help you listen and take notes more effectively in lectures.
Prerequisite
None.
Instructors
Tamy Chapman
Instructor, International Programs
University of California Irvine Division of Continuing Education
Dana Saito-Stehberger
Curriculum Coordinator
Instructor, International Programs
Brad Gilpin
Editor
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