This course will help non-native English speakers improve their listening and note-taking skills for the purpose of listening to academic lectures. You will learn techniques for improving your understanding and skills for taking more effective notes, and you will get lots of practice in using these. If you're planning to attend college classes in English, then this class is for you.
This course is part of the Learn English: Advanced Academic Speaking and Listening Specialization
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Welcome
What is Academic Listening and Why is It Important?
Identifying Topic and Purpose
Identifying Main Ideas and Details
Identifying Stance and Speaker Attitude
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- 5 stars73.49%
- 4 stars17.32%
- 3 stars2.94%
- 2 stars2.03%
- 1 star4.19%
TOP REVIEWS FROM ACADEMIC LISTENING AND NOTE-TAKING
This course helps me a lot to improve my listening habit and note taking practice during academic lecture its just work like a miracle to improve my grades .
I think this is very helpful for someone not used to learning in English. The content was very articulate and talks about note-taking methods along with assignments that help practice it.
I have improve my listening skills, but I think it's necesary to have a high level of english for can learn more in this course.
Very nice course with great teachers and well explained videos. It really improved my skills ! Thank you
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