DEVELOPING THE SKILL OF TAKING NOTES FOR ENGLISH MAJORS THROUGH LISTENING TO ENGLISH NEWS

Abstract

Note-taking skill plays an important role when listening to English. The aim of this study is to investigate the impact of listening to English news on the skill of taking notes of English majors at Thai Nguyen University of Education. 20 students were chosen randomly, 10 of them were put in the experimental group and the others in the control group. The experimental group was introduced some methods of taking notes while listening to English news. The researcher asked them to listen to English news every day and use these methods to take notes. The data of the study were analyzed and compared between the two groups. The findings of this study indicate that the experimental group is better than the control group in both note-taking skill and listening test scores. This demonstrates that listening to English news has a significant positive impact on English majors’ note-taking skill and listening performance. After the experiment, a questionnaire was delivered to the experimental group to collect students’ feedback on the new method.