Note-taking is one of indispensible academic skills that undergraduate students should take into account in order to gather oral information from oral lecture in a more systematic way. This skill has been a tough-going task for students even they could have certain understanding about note-taking strategies. One of the main causes is likely to be working memory accompanying with the comprehensive process as a significant obstacle for students. This study thus examines the actual difficulties encountered by students in VNUK Institute, University of Da Nang (UDN). Applying experimental research approach by letting 50 first-year students take part in pre-test and post-test of listening to lecture-like recordings will reveal a comparative effectiveness analysis of using working memory. Furthermore, questionnaires and group interviews with both participants and their in-charge lecturers would figure out their perceptions of in-class performances and challenges of using working memory in taking notes after doing experiment and in reality. Based on the study's findings, implications for EAP teaching and learning are considered to put forward in order that students are expected to perform better during the lecture in academic setting.
Note-taking is one of indispensible academic skills that undergraduate students should take into account in order to gather oral information from oral lecture in a more systematic way. This skill has been a tough-going task for students even they could have certain understanding about note-taking strategies. One of the main causes is likely to be working memory accompanying with the comprehensive process as a significant obstacle for students. This study thus examines the actual difficulties encountered by students in VNUK Institute, University of Da Nang (UDN). Applying experimental research approach by letting 50 first-year students take part in pre-test and post-test of listening to lecture-like recordings will reveal a comparative effectiveness analysis of using working memory. Furthermore, questionnaires and group interviews with both participants and their in-charge lecturers would figure out their perceptions of in-class performances and challenges of using working memory in taking notes after doing experiment and in reality. Based on the study's findings, implications for EAP teaching and learning are considered to put forward in order that students are expected to perform better during the lecture in academic setting.
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