Note-taking is
one of the most effective ways to boost your IELTS UKVIpreparation. It helps you to record all the information that you
acquired during your review session. Aside from that, you can also use your
notes to study your lectures at home. However, taking notes during lectures is
quite challenging. Sometimes, you might miss some information because you write
too slowly. To make sure that you are able to write down all the information during
your review classes, try creating your personal shorthand.
What is personal shorthand?
Personal
shorthand is a note-taking method in which you use abbreviations and symbols in
place of whole words. You can record information quickly to make your
note-taking more efficient. Except when you are preparing a sentence outline,
use your shorthand to take notes. Just make sure that you can interpret it
well. Here are personal shorthand suggestions that you can prepare before going
in your IELTS UKVI review center:
1. Use
only one abbreviation for each word.
As you create
abbreviations for each word, make sure that you only use them once so you will
not be confused when reading your notes. For example, for the word Would and Wood, you can abbreviate Would
with WLD and Wood with WOD.
2. Use
capital letters to for stand some words.
Use capital
letters to emphasize specific words such as P for paragraph, S for sentence, W
for words, SS for speaking skills, WS for writing skills, RS for reading skills
and LS for listening skills.
3. Use
only the first and last letters or first three letters of a word.
When you
abbreviate words, use the first and last letters or the first three letters of
the word. For example, in adjective you can use AE or ADJ, in adverb you can
use AB or ADV and in preparation you can use PN or PRE.
4. You
can also use slashes and numbers.
You can also
abbreviate words using slashes, like w/o for the word Without and b/c for the
word because; or you can also use numbers, like b4 for the word before and c8
for the word classmate.
5. Use
standard symbols to stand for words.
Using standard
symbols such as # for the word
number, = for the word equal, @ for the word at, + for the word plus or addition, & for the word and, %
for the word percent and ? for the
word question is also an effective personal shorthand.
Follow these
personal shorthand suggestions to boost your IELTS UKVIpreparation. For more note-taking tips and other learning strategies
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REFERENCES:
Frank, Thomas.
"How to Take Faster Handwritten Notes Using Shorthand Techniques."
College Info Geek. January 07, 2016. Accessed February 12, 2018. https://collegeinfogeek.com/shorthand-lecture-notes/.
“Personal
Shorthand.” ERA Learning. Accessed February 12, 2018. http://www.eralearning.com/01/ps2.php.
Stibbe,
Matthew. "How to Write Faster—Learn Teeline Shorthand." Articulate.
Accessed February 12, 2018. https://www.articulatemarketing.com/blog/how-to-write-faster-learn-teeline-shorthand.
