about listening skills

I am not sure why you are taking notes, but you may either try to develop a shorthand of sorts ("f u cn rd ths, u cn gt a gd jb"*) or, depending on your reason for taking notes, just listen intently.

(*"If you can read this, you can get a good job" - from an older advertisement))

Keep listening. After all that's the way you learned to speak your native language.

here is a site with many many videos you can watch them over and over again.
Some are poor quality sound and pictures.

http://youtube.com/index

Dadpad--

Great idea.