SECTION A MINI-LECTURE In this section you will hear a mini-lecture. You will hear the lecture ONCE ONLY. While listening, take notes on the important points. Your notes will not be marked, but you will need them to complete a gap-filling task after the mini-lecture. When the lecture is over, you will be given two minutes to check your notes, and another ten minutes to complete the gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE. Use the blank sheet for note-taking. Note-taking in Lectures For listeners, note-taking is an essential way to achieve better-understanding of a lecture. It involves many separate skills, four of which will be analyzed here. Ⅰ. Understand what (1) says. 1. severe strain: 2 reasons —word (2) in speech. —new words. 2. solution: eoncentrate on what are most important Ⅱ. Sort out the main points. 1. focus on the title: write down the title (3) and completely. 2. be aware of signals of what is important or unimportant. signals indicating importance: — (4) —speak slowly or loudly —use a greater range of intonation —employ a combination of the devices signals (5) —deliver sentences quickly, softly —use a narrow range of intonation —use (6) pauses Ⅲ. Write down (7) quickly and clearly. 1. use abbreviation 2. select words that give (8) ( nouns, verbs, adjectives) 3. write one point on each line 4. find time to write (9) . Ⅳ. Show the connections between the various points the listeners have noted. 1. use spacing, underlining, and (10) 2. number points