But you will not note in the same order as you hear the words, you will recreate the SVO structure. This will give you the following notes. The order the notes would have been taken in is the same as the order on the page if you read from top to bottom and read left to right.

Noting detail later

Whereas above there was detail we held to be crucial and therefore noted immediately, there will also be times where the detail is less important, and, having noted the core ideas, you may decide to add an element of detail to your notes a llttle later on, if time allows. Having decided it is detail, and not central to the SVO group, where exactly you put the additional detail on the page is a matter of personal taste, as long as it doesn't disrupt the structure of the rest of the notes on the page. Again the order the elements were noted in this example is given in square brackets like this.

Example (Patten)

In the areas for which I have some responsibility, there were also, as the Prime Minister has mentioned, some important developments at Feira. We took stock of the European Union's relations with Russia and the situation

there, including in Chechnya, in the light of the recent EU-Russja Summit, which I think was regarded as fairly successful.

In this example you don't want to get caught up noting "the PM said" only to miss the more important part of the sentence, "were also important developments", so when you have heard and analysed the whole section you can go back and add this to your notes. if you have time.

Noting lists

You will hear a list in order: 1, 2, 3. You will find, however, that it is possible to relieve the strain on your short-term memory by noting 1, 3, 2. This is because if you note I and 3 the moment you hear them, they never make it into your memory and therefore never burden it. All you have to do is remember 2 for a couple of seconds. This works with longer lists as well of course, but the exact order is something you will have to practise and work out for yourself. At the same time the elements of the list remain vertically aligned to one another.

Example (Hodgson)

For those of you who don't know me, I'm the Minister of Energy, Science, Fisheries and a few other things including climate change policy. It's that last one that has taken me up close and personal with dairy farmers and brought me the invitatjon to speak here today

The example above could have been noted in the order below. I have marked the chronological order in which these ekements are noted in square brackets like this. The change in the order of noting elements in the list ([1] -[4]) as compared to the order in which they were spoken is minor but is very effective in relieving excess strain on your memory.

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