Investigation of Turkish Teacher Candidates' Listening Comprehension Skills Using The Cornell Note-Taking Technique

The main purpose of this research is to determine the listening comprehension skills of Turkish teacher candidates using the Cornell Note-Taking Technique. The study group of the research based on case design consists of 29 students studying at third-grade of Department of Turkish Language Teaching at Faculty of Education at Muş Alparslan University. In the study, semi-structured interview form and documents regarding student activities were used as data collection tools. In the study, 12 sessions of training were given to the participants using the Cornell note-taking technique. At the end of the training, the participants' opinions about the Cornell Note-Taking Technique were obtained with a semi-structured interview form. These opinions of the participants were subjected to content analysis. As a result of the study, the participants expressed the Cornell Note-Taking Technique as a technique for planned study, meaningful learning and listening skills. With this technique, the participants' effective listening, distinguishing information, using time effectively, critical thinking, creative thinking and problem-solving skills were developed. The participants experienced problems in the recording step, abbreviation step, reflection step and summarization step during the Cornell note-taking technique training process. In solving the problem, the participants offered suggestions such as carrying out activities aimed at application, associating new information with previous information, using time effectively and selecting appropriate texts. Participants explained that environmental and individual factors affected their listening skills during the implementation of the Cornell note-taking technique.