Résumé:
The purpose of the current study is to investigate the impact of the overuse of audiovisual aids
on EFL learner’s effective note-taking. It aims to raise teachers and learners’ awareness about
the excessive usage of audiovisual tools that affects learners’ note-taking in a negative way.
Thus, the study hypothesizes that if teachers and learners overuse audiovisual aids in EFL
classes, students’ note taking would not to be effective. The research opts for the quantitative
descriptive analytic method in order to verify the former hypothesis. Consequently, one data
collection tool, a questionnaire was used. The questionnaire was administered for both First
and Second Year Master students from department of English, University of 8 Mai 1945 -
Guelma. It encompasses 107 students who were chosen randomly from 220 students. The
derived results reveal that teachers and students are frequently relying on the use of
audiovisual devices in the classroom which lead to unsatisfactory note-taking in terms of
quantity and quality. Eventually, the study recommends that students should be highly aware
of the right implementation of technological tools in the classroom and they should be
conscious about the importance of taking effective notes in classes. In addition, teachers
should be trained on how to incorporate these elements effectively in the classroom
