B STUDY SKILLS: NOTE-TAKING There are two main purposes of note-taking: to have a permanent record of what someone said or wrote, and to assist in remembering the main points at a later stage. Writing notes while listening or reading also helps you to understand what the main points are, and it helps you to learn them.
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7.5 Listen to a short talk and then look at the two sets of notes. Which set do you prefer? Why?
a Simon Worthy – Council Invited to talk about health at w. 630,000 – big problem. Surprised! Visiting to talk about it. Hot water and food Furniture. Questions at end. Drinks at work? Carry books, etc. Steps. Dangerous. Water heaters each floor.
b Simon Worthy – Health at work 630,000 inj. at work 1: Avoiding accidents 2: What to do. Hot water & food acc’s. Steps, doors, carrying too much ✗ Put water hs on each floor ✓