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Otago HSFY chat - archive

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See what works for you, but a lot of the time the lecture slides are only released after the lecture has occurred. Some people write down only things that aren't on the slides, but it can be helpful to write down something from the slides in addition to anything extra the lecturer said that relates to it so that you can easily link all your notes together.
 
Oh really!? Wow that caught me off guard, i thought that the lecture slides would be released before the lectures. Well in that case yeah, i plan to do much the same but make sure i can easily tell where the notes i write are related to. That shouldn't hard at all though.

Edit: just out of curiosity greenglacier, seeing that you also hand wrote your notes did you write down everything? Or just the key stuff that wasnt clear from the lecture slides themselves?
 
aaa24 said:
Edit: just out of curiosity greenglacier, seeing that you also hand wrote your notes did you write down everything? Or just the key stuff that wasnt clear from the lecture slides themselves?
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Depended on the lecture slide. Some are absolutely horrible and cluttered, so for those I'd just leave a space to go back and fill in later. Others are nice and simple - for those I'd copy them down and elaborate around them with extra notes depending on what the lecturer said.
 
aaa24 said:
Do people really write/type everything that's on the slides? That seems like a huge waste of time isn't that what printing the lecture slides is for? The only thing i can see any point of writing is, like you said, additional information that the lecturer says or to clarify a specific point. Then after that writing some good ol' final notes.
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As GG said, if you've got stuff written down that is only extra to what's on the slide, sometimes it can be hard to figure out what your in-lecture notes actually refer to. Preferably if you have the slides beforehand printed out for instance, then you can just annotate onto it.
 
Hmmm, I think they changed the test since koochkooch (who answered that question in the thread Ben gave a link to) sat it - the 2011 HSFY Information Manual that came with the course approval pack says there are 3 sections:
1, Reading Comprehension, where we read a short article and write a showrt answer to 5 questions,
2, Listening Comprehension, where we listen to 5 short scenarios and answer a question about each one, and
3, Written Communication: a 200-word essay using one of two topics.

It would appear that there is no dictation, not anymore anyway, lol.

As skyglow said, it's to identify those who struggle with everyday English (the fact that those who fail and fail a second test will be made to do a paper called "English for University Purposes" is a good indication of this, lol), so I don't think we need to worry about this - I mean, the fact that we're communicating in English on an English-based forum indicates that we're most likely not going to struggle with everyday English, lol.
 
Yeah... I considered the differences in test structures but concluded that other than the tiniest amount of extra critical thinking involved with "Listening Comprehension" the answer to healthsci's question, regarding difficulty, would still be the same as it was a couple of years ago - "very easy". :P
 
cathay808 said:
Hmmm, I think they changed the test since koochkooch (who answered that question in the thread Ben gave a link to) sat it - the 2011 HSFY Information Manual that came with the course approval pack says there are 3 sections:
1, Reading Comprehension, where we read a short article and write a showrt answer to 5 questions,
2, Listening Comprehension, where we listen to 5 short scenarios and answer a question about each one, and
3, Written Communication: a 200-word essay using one of two topics.

It would appear that there is no dictation, not anymore anyway, lol.

As skyglow said, it's to identify those who struggle with everyday English (the fact that those who fail and fail a second test will be made to do a paper called "English for University Purposes" is a good indication of this, lol), so I don't think we need to worry about this - I mean, the fact that we're communicating in English on an English-based forum indicates that we're most likely not going to struggle with everyday English, lol.
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I sat it last year, it was the exact same as what you've stated, by dictation koochkooch meant that you listen to the audio and answer questions which specific to the audio i.e. last year we got asked "what were the directions stated".

Just a note - I worried about this test too, just make sure you're aware of it and don't go in blindly. Knowing you'll be tested in 3 sections and that for example one involves listening comprehension should be enough to do well (i.e. being prepared), just makes sure you listen carefully during the listening comprehension and for the last section they don't actually care if you know much about the topic they want to know if you can adequately construct an essay using the proper layout (intro etc).
 
Yup you'll be fine. The slides are the most important. Textbooks are only there to provide clarification on concepts, and a tiny amount of detail that you may need for the exam e.g. HUBS.
 
Has anyone made use of the OUSA first year tutes for non-hall people? are they any good or are they a waste of time?
 
Bamboozle said:
Has anyone made use of the OUSA first year tutes for non-hall people? are they any good or are they a waste of time?
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SaxGuy said:
Hi,
I didn't stay at a hall last year either, and I did the OUSA tutorials.
I would definitely sign up for them, the tutors were amazing, and we even had Tony Zaharic (the guy in charge of BIOC192 and also the most amazing lecturer ever) for biochem. You can sign up at the OUSA office, just go in and ask when they'll be starting.
Last year they also did a PASS session for us HSFYers for HUBS (normally the student learning centre sessions are only available for PE students) and they were amazing - not sure if they'll continue with them this year. They have tutorials for all subjects.
They may not be ask good this year though, coz heaps of the tutors graduated (one was a 9th year chem PhD and she was awesome).
Apart from that, I also made heaps of friends in the tutes where basically everyone was in similar boats as myself (because the tutes aren't available for people in halls)
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https://www.medstudentsonline.com.au/showthread.php?7270-HSFY-Otago-Student-s-Chat/page53

I'm signing up asap, it was also mentioned at the studysmart lecture this afternoon. ^_^
 
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