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1. Read the following questions before you listen to the interview with David, a young man who works with high school students before they go to college.

  • What does David think causes young people to commit crimes?

  • How do kids feel about school? Why?

  • Does David believe that violent kids are products of their social environment, or that they have natural, biological tendencies to be that way?

  • What kinds of programmes does David think schools should organize?

  • Does David believe in harsh punishments?

2. Now listen to the interview. Take notes about the answers to the questions in Step 1.

Note-taking: using symbols and abbreviations

When you are taking notes while listening, you have to write down a lot of information very quickly. Instead of writing out each word separately, you should develop the habit of using symbols and abbreviations.

You may want to change some of the symbols and abbreviations below to ones that are easier for you to remember and use. You will probably also want to invent some of your own, depending on the content of the listening text. When you invent symbols and abbreviations, it is important to review your notes as soon as possible after the listening while their meanings are still fresh in your mind.

Symbols

Here are some symbols that are commonly used in English. Many of them come from the field of mathematics.

& (and) ... (and so on, etc.)

@ (at) + (plus, in addition to)

# (number) $ (dollars)

= (is the same as) (is different from, doesn’t mean)

‹ (is less than) (is more than)

″ (ditto, as said before, similarly) (causes, leads to, results in)

% (percent)

♂ (boy, man, male)

♀ (girl, woman, female)

Abbreviations

In addition to using symbols, good note-takers abbreviate long words or words that are frequently used. Here are a few standard abbreviations that are commonly used in English. Notice that some are based on Latin words.

Ex. or e.g. (for example; “e.g.” is from the Latin exempli gratia)

w/ (with)

etc. (and other similar things, from the Latin etcetera)

a.m. (before noon, from the Latin ante meridiem)

p.m. (after noon, from the Latin post meridiem)

gov’t (government)

ed. (education)

Prof. (Professor)

Dr. (Doctor)

usu. (usually)

pro (for, a Latin prefix meaning “in favour of”)

con (against, an abbreviation of the Latin contra)

ben(s) (benefit(s))

opps (opportunities)

diff (different)

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