APPLYING NOTE-TAKING SKILLS TO ENHANCE FIRST- YEAR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS’ RECEPTIVE ENGLISH SKILLS

Tóm tắt

This study is aimed to identify how first-year English-majored students at a Vietnam university might use notetaking to enhance their English-language receptive skills. In order to achieve this objective, data from a focus group interview of three research participants were collected and analysed through theme-based coding methods. Three themes were based on to analyze the collected data: (i) sub-skills used to take notes of English documents, (ii) application of notetaking to progress in reading and listening English documents, and (iii) benefits gained from these applications. The findings were drawn from the data analysis including the sub-notetaking skills three participants used to improve their English language receptive skills and the ways they applied notetaking to improve those language skills. Some pedagogical implications have been made for concerned stake holders.