9 EMPLOYMENT LAW


Skills bank Using the Cornell note-taking system


There are many ways to take notes from a lecture. One method was developed by Walter Pauk at Cornell University, USA.


The system involves Five Rs. record


recite reflect


Take notes during the lecture.


reduce After the lecture turn the notes into one- or two-word questions or ‘cues’ which will help you remember the key information.


Say the questions and answers aloud.


Decide on the best way to summarize the key information in the lecture.


review Look again at the key words and the summary (and do this regularly).


Recognizing digressions Lecturers sometimes move away from the main point in a lecture to tell a story or an anecdote. This is called a digression. You must be able to recognize the start and end of digressions in a lecture.


Sometimes a digression is directly relevant to the content of the lecture, sometimes it has some relevance and sometimes, with a poor lecturer, it may be completely irrelevant. Sometimes the lecturer points out the relevance.


Don’t worry if you get lost in a digression. Just leave a space in your notes and ask people afterwards.


Recognizing the start Recognizing the end


That reminds me … I remember once … By the way …


Anyway, where was I? Back to the point. So, as I was saying …


Understanding the relevance


Of course, the point of that story is…


I’m sure you can all see that the story shows …


Why did I tell that story? Well, …


Asking about digressions


What was the point of the story about the legal company?


Why did he start talking about note-taking? I didn’t get the bit about …


Referring to other people’s ideas


We often need to talk about the ideas of other people in a lecture or a tutorial. We normally give the name of the writer and/or the name of the source. We usually introduce the reference with a phrase; we may quote directly, or we may paraphrase an idea.


Name and introducing phrase


Where What


As Selwyn points out … To quote Selwyn …


in Selwyn’s Law of Employment … we can think of unfair dismissal as …


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