Cristina
Community Tutor
How to take notes effectively when learning a language? I've been learning English myself for a long time. I used to like to take notes with paper notebooks, I write down the words and grammar I don't know, and sentences I saw in books or movies. But I find that taking notes this way doesn't work very well, because it takes a while to find the content I need, and I can't take my notebook out every day. So how do you take notes effectively? Are there any useful tools to recommend?
Jun 11, 2020 11:30 AM
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I will tell 5 basic rules on how to take notes efficiently whether you're using paper or an app.... 1. DEVELOP LOGICAL SECTIONS🧘‍♀️ This will make it easier for U to navigate and cut down on wasted time and space. Some possible sections U might want to include: ● Goals🏅 ● Grammar👨‍🏭🏗 ● Vocab with examples👩‍💻 ● idioms or phrases you hear.👩‍🎤 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. DEDICATE ENOUGH SPACE FOR EACH SECTION __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. 🚦USE COLOR CODING ...A LOT🚦 You can specify a certain color pen of highlighter to every subject. ---------------------------------------------- For example I use a red pen to make ( 🔴 ) beside the vocab that I didn't learn yet and A black one just like that (⚫) for the vocab I've mastered and that one ( ⊙ ) for the vocab that needs practice and when I'm done practicing it I just color the whole circle or dot in black This is a fast way for me, you can use another ways of colouring or colored pens or highlighters. ( There are tons of videos on YouTube that you can watch on how to take notes and photos on pinterest that can inspire U 🤩 ) __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. LEAVE WIDE MARGIN ON THE SIDES to add info later __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. DIVIDE THE NOTEBOOK INTO SECTIONS AND MAKE A REFERENCE.
June 11, 2020
Thank you, Michael! It's very helpful! I will try Evernote to see if it works for me.
June 11, 2020
There is a lot of software available to help, I tend to use a word processor and store notes in text files, using folder names as a filing system. It works for me, but it's not very efficient. I'll put a couple of links here, in the hope you can access them :) If you can't, evernote and onenote seem to get good reviews and have free options evernote.com onenote.com I don't know either of these apps! https://clickup.com/blog/note-taking-apps/ https://zapier.com/blog/best-note-taking-apps/ https://uk.pcmag.com/productivity-2/84747/the-best-note-taking-apps-of-2019
June 11, 2020
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