note taking skill

Note taking is providing systematic formal for condensing and organizing notes without recopying. We must take note to get a point, to understand the lesson and to remember better. sometimes, the instructor share information not available in text book and note taking help the students become active learner ,critical thinker and also effective learner because we will more focus on what the lecturer said, what we are read and force to think rapidly about what we see and hear.

          There are several systems of note taking including Connell, outline, mapping, sentence, charting and Harvard. I like to use mapping and sentence system depends on the course. If I am going to write an essay, I tend to use sentence system since it is the easiest and the fastest way to jot down the elaborations, examples and other things before I forget. When I am in class, I am able to listen to the lecturers and take notes at the same time and I use my own words in my note taking so that I can understand everything that I wrote in class when I want to reread them up at home. This is also to ensure that I still can understand the notes that I have taken in my classes even after a few weeks. I am not that kind of student who can pay full attention in class since I will feel sleepy and to avoid being sleepy, I take notes. I like using mapping system too since it is much easier for me to add on more information regarding that particular topic when I know it somewhere else. I just have to draw another branch and write the new information that I have obtain. we must prepare to take note with review the course syllabus. Therefore, we will know what lecture talking about. the best systems of taking and making  note is Connell system because it has everything in this notes, we take the note in class and summarize and do the question or everything that relate with that topic in the Connell system

             The difference between note taking and note making are note taking is practiced during the class and note making is after the class. I start making notes within 24 hours after class because I am still remembering the things that the lecturer spoke in class. I always look up for more information through websites and books to make sure that my notes are excellent and can be used to revise when I want to study for tests or final exams.

How to find sources material for your assignment

             nowadays,we have a many sources to get information.most the familiar sources is internet,especially for communicating with your friend through facebook, emel, twitter,whatsap and others but for the academic purpose,we need to ensure that information found in the internet is reliable or not.

             the reliable sources that we can obtain from internet are e-journal,search engine,group discussion forums,online database journal,periodical,theses and dissertation and book.For the e-journal,we can locate e-journal from two place that are our university library and the internet.we can find the topic that we interested in.e-journal also provide free online,such as TESL-J that can share the latest information in specific field.

        besides,In group discussion forums,student can find out the latest development of the topic and we will get feedback and suggestion on how and where to find more information on your subject matter.online database journal also are useful to student of social science for example academic search premier,emerald management extra.

       for periodical,the student can get information from the published writing of people who want to share their newfound knowledge.these periodicals are usually in PDF form.in that,we can information from journal,specialsed magazines ,newspapers and magazine.

       book is largest or most famous sources of information in education.in book,the author share their knowledge in their field of specialisation.we can learn just by reading whether academic or non-academic books

           

ACADEMIC WRITING

         Whether you’re a student, teacher, or entrepreneur, academic writing skills are necessary in today’s world. Essays, reports, presentations and research papers are just some examples of documents written in the academic style.

         Information that we get from different sources that we use must credible, reliable, relevant and useful to the writing of our paper. we have three level in classification of information which are single-fact information, general information and in depth information

         Today, in my class, I learn how to determine either the sources good or not. Firstly,we must look URL address. for example, gov for government, edu for education, org for organization. From the URL, we can know the type of sources that we use.

        Secondly, we must look the content. we must see whether has author or not, this author expert or not.we also must look intended audience. It is important to remember who you are writing for. Being conscious of academic tone suggests that you are aware of your audience and respect the formality normally associated with academic writing. we are also must look references, valid or not.

Last but not least,we must check their currency of the sources. for example,the date of article,when they was return,when they was updated and that are copyright which determine who may publish, copy piece of writing,music or image from other person work.