The traditional pattern of classroom at the college level brings the professor and a group of 20 t0 30 students together for a 45-to-50-minute class session two or three times a week. The most common method of instruction is the lecture. When lectures are the main method of instruction in larger classes, regular periods may be set aside of a small group discussion. In cases where a small class size encourages informality, lectures may be combined with discussion sessions based on assigned readings, required textbooks and the other materials. Accurate notes are good aids to the student who is taking a lecture course. Notes should be taken during lectures, and when the student is reading the texts before each session. The key to good note-taking is to be able to listen a lot and to write only as much as needed to record the essence of a point or idea. Thus, students should make efforts to identify only the main points and ideas being presented and write them down in outline form. They should also try their best to take good notes the first time and not try to recopy notes. However, many students find the experience of attending university lectures to be a confusing experience. The new student sees the other students continuously writing on notebooks and wonders what to write. Very often the student leaves the lecture with notes which do not catch the main points. So it is important to provide courses which help new students to develop the skills they need to be effective listeners and also note-takers. Finally they should review their notes for about five minutes on the same day that they take them, and go over them again for half an hour at least once a week, according to a regular schedule. No course syllabus need be reviewed; the examinations will be based on the materials discussed in the lectures and textbooks.