Note taking strategies and listening Comprehension of students of the college of education

Cornell method has been and remains one of the most popular note-taking strategies amongst students today. The note taking skills of the respondents would measure their listening comprehension. Listening is an important part of the oral communication process and is an important skill for students especially among college students who are mostly taught through the lecture method. This research study was conducted to determine the Note taking Strategies and Listening Comprehension of the students of the College of Teacher Education. This study was guided by the lone hypothesis that there is no significant difference in the respondents ’listening comprehension in English when grouped according to the note-taking strategies they usually use in their English subject. This study utilized the descriptive correlational design where the listening comprehension and the note taking skills of the respondents were separately described and shown it relationship. The data that were gathered were treated utilizing the frequency and percentage distribution and the mean, Anova. The findings of this study have led to the conclusion that the respondents are still weak in listening to vocabulary items while performed well in noting details and prefer to take down notes in terms of the definition of terms. It is further concluded that their listening comprehension improves when they take down notes of details and vocabulary items. In view of the findings of this study, it is highly recommended that teachers should utilize different strategies in helping students improve their performance in listening to vocabulary items and encourage them to take down notes to details especially in their English classes. Further, students centered activities should be integrated as one of the major strategies in English courses to facilitate the enhancement of this weakness on the part of the students.