One of the advantages of taking notes is that it forces you to pay closer attention to the class lecture. If you listen【C1】______to a professor who is talking on and on for an hour or so, your mind will often【C2】______and your attention lessen. You arc sitting in class and listening, but that【C3】______you are doing【C4】______when you listen actively you have to pay more careful and【C5】______attention to what【C6】______. This is because you are trying to【C7】______what you bear into an【C8】______, shortened written form. As a foreign student, you may find【C9】______very difficult to listen and write notes【C10】______at the same time. It is difficult【C11】______, but you will learn how to do【C12】______with practice. You【C13】______afraid you will forget what you are listening to【C14】______you are listening and writing at same time, but the studies of researchers【C15】______the value of note-taking in【C16】______lecture material have shown that learners remember【C17】______reproduced in some note form. much better than lecture information they have listened to【C18】______down in note form. So doing two things at the same time is better than doing one thing.【C19】______. We do not say it is【C20】______ we say it is better. 【C1】