Teaching Notetaking for Academic Lectures: Reports From Action Research (67031)
Session Chair: Maria-Isabel Mansilla
Friday, January 6, 2023 (10:55)
Session: Session 2
Room: 317A
Presentation Type:Oral Presentation
The recent growth in the prominence of English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) courses at universities, in which students study content in their L2, has led to a growing demand for EFL students to be trained in the study skills required to succeed in these courses. One feature that sets university courses apart from secondary education is the academic lecture in which students are expected to listen, filter, and record vital information under real-time constraints. The ability to do so can mean the difference between success and failure on such a course. Yet, teaching materials aimed at EFL students rarely provide a pedagogical framework for learning how to take notes, and guidance for lecturers to aid them in creating clear materials that EFL students can comprehend is equally rare. This presentation reports on multi-year action research in the Japanese context. In the study, Japanese university students were explicitly taught notetaking using Siegel’s (2018) 4-step approach that gradually became adapted over multiple iterations of the study. Data collected before and after the pedagogic intervention includes notes taken during lectures (analyzed in terms of the number of information units noted), along with written summaries of lectures, and comprehension tests. The current iteration of the study suggests that improving learners' ability to comprehend the lecture is more elusive. Results from the study have implications for EFL teachers hoping to better prepare their students for life on EMI courses and lecturers wishing to make their lectures more accessible for EFL learners.
Authors:
Yoko Kusumoto, Tokyo University of Technology, Japan
James Broadbridge, Bunkyo Gakuin University, Japan
About the Presenter(s)
Ms Yoko Kusumoto is a University Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer at Tokyo University of Technology in Japan
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