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Lecture excerpt

B2 · Upper intermediate · ≈ 22 min · setting: Rotterdam, Nijmegen

Listening to a lecture is different from a conversation: there's no one to talk to, you can't ask questions, but there is structure. The lecturer almost always says aloud what's coming next: ik behandel drie punten (“I'll cover three points”), daar kom ik zo op terug (“I'll come back to that later”), kort samengevat (“in short”). You can use these words to structure your notes.

Question 1: How many points does the lecturer announce, and what are they?
Question 2: What common mistake does the lecturer discuss?
Question 3: What example does the lecturer give about the waiting time at the clinic?
Question 4: What does the lecturer advise doing when reading statistics?

College — Cijfers lezen zonder erin te trappen

First-year course, introductory methods. Excerpt from the middle of a lecture.

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Structure signals

What the lecturer's phrase means

Phrase	What the listener should do
Ik behandel drie punten	write down three headings, leave space
Ten eerste / Ten tweede	new point, start a new line
Een voorbeeld	illustration follows, can be brief
Dat brengt me bij	transition to the next point
Een veelgemaakte fout	this will be on the exam
Daar kom ik op terug	not discussed now, wait for next lecture
Kort samengevat	ready conclusion, write down verbatim

Phrase	What the listener should do
Ik behandel drie punten	write down three headings, leave space
Ten eerste / Ten tweede	new point, start a new line
Een voorbeeld	illustration follows, can be brief
Dat brengt me bij	transition to the next point
Een veelgemaakte fout	this will be on the exam
Daar kom ik op terug	not discussed now, wait for next lecture
Kort samengevat	ready conclusion, write down verbatim

The phrase het gaat om hoofdstuk vier, niet om het hele boek (“it's about chapter four, not the whole book”) is also a signal, but an organisational one. Missing such clarifications at the end of a lecture is the most costly mistake.

Lecture vocabulary

het gemiddelde
average
de spreiding
spread, variation
het verband
correlation
veroorzaken
to cause, to bring about
de verdrinking
drowning
de veelgemaakte fout
common mistake
de krantenkop
newspaper headline
gemotiveerd
motivated
meespelen
to play a part, to be a factor
kort samengevat
in short

het gemiddelde	average
de spreiding	spread, variation
het verband	correlation
veroorzaken	to cause, to bring about
de verdrinking	drowning
de veelgemaakte fout	common mistake
de krantenkop	newspaper headline
gemotiveerd	motivated
meespelen	to play a part, to be a factor
kort samengevat	in short

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Structure signals

Lecture vocabulary

1. What the lecturer said