advantages and disadvantages of note taking while listening to a speaker in a room?

Answer 1

Maybe record the speaker as well as listening? Especially if this is a special speaker whom you think may be really great. However, I would also take notes, even if it is just a little bit. It'll help you learn and help you remember.

Another good trick is take rough notes, then immediately afterward, find a quiet corner and read your notes and add to them while you can still "hear" that person in your head. With practice you can get really good at this and it's a great skill to have.

If you do end up transcribing the interview recording, I have learned that having some written notes too makes it easier to do the transcription.

Enjoy! I hope you are looking forward to a great speaker.

Answer 2

Even if you don't review your notes, you learn more through the act of writing down what you hear. You do miss the eye contact and perhaps thinking about what you are hearing. [do you know the difference between graduates and undergraduates? If a professor comes into the room and says good morning: if the class says good morning back, they are undergraduates; if they write it in their notes, they are graduates.]

Answer 3

well your notes help you with studying a lot because you will know exactly what your intructor may ask you on an exam. the book is helpful too but sometimes intructors don't teach everything in each chapter. i'm not sure about the disadvantages.