Taking notes and filling forms

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 1

English Writing

 - Taking Notes

- Filling in a form

Today

- Writing: Taking Notes

- Writing: Filling in a form

Goals

You know how to take and read notes with the help of keywords, symbols and abbreviations.

You know how to fill in a form.

When are you taking notes?

Taking notes

- Keywords: single words or short sentences.

We have a meeting at 9 o'clock. = Meeting 09:00.

- Symbols: instead of words.

& < > x = + 

Taking notes

- Abbreviations: afkortingen 

The chess game starts in approximately 10 minutes.

Chess game in approx. 10 min.

Can you think of
more abbreviations?

Exercise 

Let's see how many abbreviations you already know.

Write down the definitions of the following abbreviations.

Try to do this in English.

asap

appt

St

esp.

e.g.

Make a note of this:

Facilitator (Alice, Project Manager):
"Good morning, everyone! Thanks for joining. Today, we’re here to kick off our new project, the launch of the Aurora Smart Watch, which is set for a release date in Q2. Our main goals today are to discuss our project timeline, go over each department’s responsibilities, and identify any initial concerns that might impact our deadlines. Let’s start with a quick review of our objectives."

Marketing Lead (Tom):
"Thanks, Alice. From the marketing side, our goal is to generate enough pre-launch buzz to capture around 15% of the market in the first quarter. We’re looking at an aggressive campaign using social media influencers, as well as email and digital advertising. We’re just starting the research on competitors, and our content team is developing messaging that highlights our unique features. we’ll need to keep everyone updated closely."

Forms

How to fill in a form?

Can you think of different kinds of forms?

How do you fill in the date from today in English?

How do you adress someone?

What is a signature?

Make the assignments in fix.