Exploring Note-taking Strategies of EFL Listenerst

The study aims to investigate the note-taking strategies used by EFL listeners. The participants were 80 students at a university in northern Taiwan. The main instruments included a questionnaire of note-taking strategies and a questionnaire of note-taking perceptions. Results show that ‘organization’ has the highest average frequency among the six categories of note-taking strategies. The strategy most often used is ‘During the lecture I try to absorb as much of what is said as possible.’ Besides, the perception of note-taking strategies most agreed by participants is ‘I wish I had better note-taking skills.