Tips for Note-Taking - Cornell Method & Academic Text PDF

TIPS FOR NOTE TAKING The Cornell note-taking method  Academic and professional text: an introduction UNIT 1: ESTABLISHING THE ACADEMIC IDENTITY  TARGET LEARNING OUTCOMES: At the end of this lesson, I can ❑ Demonstrate understanding of academic and professional text; ❑ Apply a co...

TIPS FOR NOTE TAKING The Cornell note-taking method  Academic and professional text: an introduction UNIT 1: ESTABLISHING THE ACADEMIC IDENTITY  TARGET LEARNING OUTCOMES: At the end of this lesson, I can ❑ Demonstrate understanding of academic and professional text; ❑ Apply a combination of reading strategies in understanding academic and professional text; ❑ Make sense of academic text through various reading strategies; o Use knowledge of text structure to glean information I need; o Identify main ideas/main theses of various academic and professional text; o Infer meanings of specific statements in academic and professional text through context clues; o Explain the specific ideas contained in various academic text; and ❑ Visualize content for a written text through an idea map. POEM LETTERS NON-ACADEMIC TEXT NON-ACADEMIC TEXT Non-Academic texts may be considered that writing which is personal, emotional, impressionistic, or subjective in nature. THESIS REACTION PAPER ACADEMIC TEXT ACADEMIC TEXT Academic text is defined as critical, objective, specialized texts written by experts or professionals in a given field using formal language.  Based on previous writing experiences, how would you define academic and professional writing?  What are the three most essential skills that student like you need to come up with a well-written academic or professional material? Purpose: ACADEMIC WRITING To inform, argue, or persuade based on research and evidence. To contribute to the knowledge in a specific field. Audience: Examples: Scholars Research papers Researchers, and Theses and dissertations Students Scholarly articles Conference papers  ACADEMIC WRITING Characteristics: Formal tone and style. Use of technical language and discipline-specific jargon. Structured format with clear organization (e.g., introduction, literature review, methodology, results, discussion, conclusion). Proper citation and referencing of sources. Objective and evidence-based arguments. Often peer-reviewed or assessed for academic rigor.  ACADEMIC WRITING It is formal by avoiding casual or conversational language such as informal vocabulary or contractions “don’t” = “do not”  ACADEMIC WRITING To be a good academic writer you need to learn the specific styles and structures for your discipline. Purpose: PROFESSIONAL WRITING To communicate information clearly and efficiently in a professional context. Examples: To facilitate business operations, Business reports decision-making, and problem-solving. Memos and emails Audience: Proposals and plans Colleagues Technical documentation Clients Marketing materials Stakeholders, and other professionals.  PROFESSIONAL WRITING Characteristics: Clear, concise, and to the point. Use of standard business language and terminology relevant to the profession also known as “jargon”. Often follows specific formats or templates (e.g., memos, reports, proposals). Focus on practicality and functionality. Can include persuasive elements to achieve business goals.  ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL WRITING is typically formal and objective, involves specialized writing done by experts from or intended for particular field of expertise.  READING is a lifelong skill that could power your communication skills, both in oral and written forms. the process of perusing and inferring meaning from written text, promotes mental fitness as it improves focus, challenges comprehension, and enhances memory. it helps expand knowledge by widening your vocabulary, sharpening your analytical skills, and encouraging your critical thinking. it also helps in building a healthy self-image and cultivating your capacity to foster connection with other people, ultimately leading to vast, fruitful personal and professional relationship. Reading strategies Previewing Skimming Scanning Detailed Reading PREVIEWING Refers to getting an overview of a text without fully reading its body. Checking for headlines and titles. Getting glimpse on how its contents are organized. Quickly looking at end-of-chapter questions or activities. Briefly looking at chapter summaries, foreword, and afterword. SKIMMING Refers to quickly reading the text so you get an idea of what it is about. Involves quickly reading the actual text and picking up ideas from paragraphs, without going too heavy on details. SCANNING Involves rapid reading, but it is done with the intention of finding a particular information in mind prior to reading. Quickly direct your eyes to the keyword on the page it appears in without reading the whole page or paragraph. Detail reading Pertains to the careful perusal, analysis, and interpretation of a text. Time-consuming and requiring more effort, this strategy is deemed most appropriate in holistically determining the contents of a written material and in fully understanding its meaning.  Finding the main thesis/idea of a text The main thesis/idea of a text is the central concept around which detail center. This includes reading the test and analyzing it for an explicitly stated main idea; paying close attention to the text’s opening and closing sentences. Stating the text in your own words in terms of how you remember and understand its meaning and identifying ideas or concepts that emphasized in the text.  VOCABULARY BUILDING It sharpens one’s listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. It allows for clear comprehension of content heard or viewed and invites deeper and more meaningful questions and perceptions about the world. Checking the dictionary for the lexical definitions of words, examining their structure, and analyzing the context within which they are used in the text.  Lexical definition Provides the meaning of a word as it is commonly used in a language. It is the type of definition you would find in a dictionary. Example: Apple – a type of fruit that grows on trees.  AFFIXES General term for both prefixes and suffixes It is useful to focus on affixes to predict the meaning of words that are unfamiliar.  Prefix Added to the beginning of a root to change its meaning (e.g., "un-" in "unhappy"). SUFFIX Added to the end of a root to change its meaning or grammatical function (e.g., "-ness" in "happiness").  CONTEXT CLUES These are hints about the meaning of an unfamiliar word. These clues are found in a sentence or paragraph containing the unfamiliar word and may appear before, after, or close to it. They are set off by commas, dashes, or parentheses. Phrases such as “which is”, “that is” Phrases like “such as”, “like”, “for example” imply examples, which are also a form of context clue. Presence of synonyms and antonyms in a sentence guides you on the meaning of an unfamiliar word. Thank you for listening