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A complex task demanding several skills:
Decoding spoken words very quickly
Knowing alternative word meanings
Holding decoded words in working memory
Building meaning
Checking meaning against own experience
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Keeping the sequence straight
Detecting inferences
Detecting bias


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A complex task demanding several skills
Attention to the spoken word
Adequate phonological awareness
Matching phonemes to graphemes,
morphemes....etc
Accurate, automatic letter production
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Purpose of notes?
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As a record of what is said
To help future writing
To help understanding
To help memory
For revision


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Qualities of good notes?
Neat and clear
Organised
Concise
Memorable; colours, pictures, connections
Accurate
Personal


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Nuclear notes (or mind mapping notes)
Pattern notes
Sequential notes (or linear notes)
Cornell system


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Dictaphones
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