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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Academic Listening and Note-Taking by University of California, Irvine

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About the Course

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. Upon completing this course, you will be able to: 1. Understand and follow a lecture 2. Take better lecture notes 3. Discuss courses with classmates and professors 4. Give an effective academic presentation Please note that the free version of this class gives you access to all of the instructional videos and handouts. The peer feedback and quizzes are only available in the paid version....

Top reviews

YN

Jun 24, 2020

This is such a valuable course for who those are planning to study abroad. I also found it useful to my incoming TOELF test, because the note-taking strategies are quite important

TA

Dec 10, 2018

It is very useful and very interesting course i learned a lot of skills from this course and these skills which i learned from this course will help me in my whole life regarding my studies

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By Camila a

Mar 22, 2024

100% recommended

By Fred V

Oct 17, 2020

This course is likely to be useful for people starting their studies. A few methods are explained, which are deemed to apply to every student, whatever their level of prior knowledge in the topic studied (the 'one-size-fits-all' approach). However, we regret not to see contents about a critical view of the lecturing, an assessment of what is useful and substantial vs. the fluff, the rhetoric and the special effects that lecturers can be tempted to use (typical example: 'research shows...', meaning 'abdicate the critical thinking that I am supposed to teach you, believe me because I am the authority, do not do any further research, and do not ask any further question.'). We also would have like to see a critical self-assessment for the student, containing the questions 'What I am doing in this course? Am I up to listening to this content? What do I know and what do I think I know?'. All in all, this is a good initiation, though.

By Paula A M A

Mar 17, 2022

Muy bueno, además de enseñarte tecnicas para tomar apuntes de forma más efectiva, tambien practicas la audicion y redaccion (para aquellos que no son hablantes nativos del inglés). Lo que si podría mejorar es que todos los videos tengan subtitulos, aunque sean en ingles, ya que la calidad de algunos no es muy buena, o no se le entiende a los exponedores.

By Ana F B V

Aug 2, 2020

Thank you very much! I´m very bad in listening, this course helped me to listenng and note-taking.

By Lina T A A

Feb 6, 2021

It is really helpful for improving your listening skills.

By Aparnaa B G

Jul 20, 2020

The course is very useful and very helpful i gave 3 stars only because i finished the course 1 week back but could not get my certificate because of not reviewing others work but people who started after me could complete the course.

By Joy L

Jun 25, 2020

A bit too theoretical.

By Rafay A

Jun 16, 2017

Most of it is common knowledge part of it is what I am taking the course for.

By Laaraj s

May 28, 2020

It was not as i expected.

By Youssef a

Jul 6, 2022

i didnt like it

By Faiber A M G

Aug 6, 2020

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By Károly N

Aug 28, 2020

The worst course I took on Coursera. 90% of this content is a waste of time. These concepts could be easily explained in 20 minutes. The lectures are artificially bloated, the assignments are redundant and boring (watch videos, take notes, rinse, and repeat).

By Ricardo S D D

Apr 23, 2018

This course features amateur videos, often hard to hear. There is no one to give information and there are never any teachers available. If you ask a question, no one answers.

Completely disappointed in the course.

I do not recommend it.

By Barry F P

Dec 4, 2021

This course is hopelessly broken. In the first assignment, there are no boxes to enter your answers. I clicked on "first peer review" and then the help link, but the help link is broken. Published course materials should be tested!

By Emad A M M G

Aug 5, 2018

I did not like the idea to get my grades by other students. I got disappointed and depressed by the way they did the evaluation (Assignments).

By Nada

Aug 15, 2017

lot of time wasted trying to load the course. my internet connection is fine - often causing 404.

By Clau L S

Aug 20, 2019

ME COBRARON POR TERCERA VEZ CURSOS Q NO PUDE TOMAR ME SIENTO ESTAFADA

By Evronia N Z

Aug 19, 2021

this course is very difficult to a bigginner like me

By Okelola F D

Jun 15, 2020

I want to unroll from course but I can't

By Kamran R

Jul 10, 2022

A huge waste of time

By Alihan Ç

Nov 11, 2021

Not good...

By Cp J

Jun 25, 2022

I am really very glad to have successfully completed Academic Listening & Note Taking Course by UCI. Initially, I was apprehensive about whether I would be able to complete the course or not. But UCI has designed the course in such a way that if one is willing with full sincerity & dedication, he or she will definitely complete it. Feel very proud to have achieved this milestone. Now I am sure that I will be able to complete the remaining three courses also successfully. I am grateful to UCI/Coursera for extending financial aid to complete this course. With kind regards

By Ngọc T N

Jul 21, 2022

The course is unique, the content is quite detailed and easy to learn. Stable video quality. Various exercises and tests. it was a bit difficult. The biggest regret for me is probably at the week 4 test. The link to the week 4 quiz has a lot of interesting content, but it had some lectures can not accessced. highly recommended to gather students or staff when you want to take short, concise notes during a long study session or meeting

By orlando s r

May 20, 2021

estoy agradecido a coursera y la universidad de ivin en el sur de california. por tan magnificas formas de enseñanza para las comunidades hispanas y a nivel internacional por sacar adelante alas personas que tenemos ese impectud de salir adelante y que no tenemos los recursos economicos para surgir cada dia mas. muchas gracias solo tengo palabras de agradecimientos.

By Alice L

Jun 12, 2017

What I got is more than I expect. The most wonderful issue is I forced to listen/watch the subject I didn't familiar. That gave me a great chance to know something I never touched before. And I found interesting. Even it was difficult, when I listened again and again, somehow I could figure out something. I felt happy.