Aural Strategies

KEY WORDS:

listening, talking, discussing, questioning

• Attend classes, discussions, and tutorials.
• Leave spaces in your notes for later recall and ‘filling’ with details you may have missed.
• Explain your notes and new ideas to another person.
• Reduce 3 pages of your notes to 1.
• Read aloud your summarized notes; record and listen to them.
• Ask questions and discuss topics with your teachers and other students.
• Obtain feedback about your understanding by listening to comments from others.
• Use rhymes and mnemonics to remember concepts.
• Practice previous exam papers and speak your answers aloud.
• Imagine talking with the examiner.

• Listen to and ask questions of consultants, facilitators, leaders, and experts.
• Participate in discussions, focus groups, workshops, meetings, and other information-sharing opportunities.
• Join colleagues for coffee breaks and informal conversations.
• Join online chats and listen to podcasts about your area of expertise.
• Attend live training sessions where you can present any findings and report back orally.
• Speak from your written notes and allow for colleagues’ questions and feedback.
• Use your voice in different ways to emphasize your points.
• Argue a point of view and refine your ideas by listening to the views of others.
• Have phone conversations.