Note-Taking is said to be helpful in undertaking interpreting task, particularly in consecutive
interpreting. As research found out, note-taking was proved to be ‘a necessary helper’ in consecutive
interpretation (Meifang, 2012). In informal research in two interpreting classes it was found out that for majority
of the students note-taking was helpful. However, in consecutive interpreting practice some students found that it
was distracting and made the interpreting task even more difficult because they had to do two tasks at the same
time, i.e. listening to the speech to be interpreted and thinking about what to write. In addition, they also claimed
that they had difficulties in using their notes for accomplishing the interpreting task. More practices were then
given on how to take notes during the interpreting task. The factor which students claimed to be intimidating was
also eliminated. This paper will present how the note-taking practice works in the interpreting classes.
Keywords: note-taking, interpretin