AMU Friday English Class

Note taking is an important skill to have in improving your language. Here are 5 very easy to remember tips on how to improve your note taking skill: 1. Go to class prepared, more so for an online class. 2. Improve your listening skills, if there are videos to watch, you may pause and listen again. 3. Develop a note taking method that works for you, meaning, each person has his or her own style of note taking, develop your own style. 4. Pay close attention to content, try to identify the main idea, details and conclusion of the lecture or video. 5. Review and edit your notes, reading through your notes is always recommended at the end of your note taking. Activity: Watch the video and take notes.  After taking notes, answer a few questions on MS Forms from AIDLE - K. Again, for any questions, you may our chatroom or send me an email. 

Source:  https://www.dictionary.com/e/epidemic-vs-pandemic/ Edited by John Kelly, Senior Research Editor at Dictionary.com If you recall the SARS outbreak in the early 2000s or are taking preparations against  COVID-19  right now, then you’ve definitely heard the words  epidemic  and  pandemic . With every biological  outbreak , we encounter these words being used more and more frequently—and often, inaccurately. Why is it so easy for people to confuse these words? Well, both words contain – demic  and are used for disease outbreaks, but they’re not exactly the same. These similarities lead many people to use the two words  interchangeably  or incorrectly altogether. The key difference, however, is about scale. So, let’s explore the two.  And for more info on need-to-know coronavirus words, see our explainers on  respirator  vs.  ventilator ,  quarantine  vs.  isolation , and our  glossary ...