Listening — note-taking and summarising

What you'll learn

1. 1

   Imagine you're listening to a friend tell you about their weekend. You'd grab the key bits — what they did, where they went, who with. That's note-taking!

2. 2

   When you take notes, should you write down EVERY word someone says?

3. 3

   Listen to this short talk: 'I went to the beach on Saturday. The weather was sunny but windy. I built a sandcastle with my little sister.'

4. 4

   Now you try! Drag the key words from this talk into the note box. Talk: 'We visited the museum last Tuesday. We saw dinosaur bones and an old mummy.'

5. 5

   Which of these is a good NOTE for 'The cat sat on the mat. It was a fluffy ginger cat.'?

6. 6

   After you've taken notes, summarising means turning them into a short sentence or two that says the main idea. Like a tweet!

7. 7

   Your notes say: 'Mon — maths test, hard, got 8/10. Tues — football, won 3-0.' What's a good summary?