Digesting points during non native language communication

Question

Does people tend not to digest much more information when they are being communicated, told or presented information in Non Native Language?

If that is a case, how to overcome that kind of situation in workplace?

Let's assume, person A understands English very well even though English is not his Native Language.

But sometimes, he loses some important points after the communication. (he doesn't remember those points.)

Answer 1

Tell person A to get a notepad and start writing things down. The language is not the issue here.

Answer 2

As @Eugene says, using a notepad is a very useful resource.

I should add here that if person A knows that when hearing someone else talking in a different language than his mother tongue, has some difficulties, then some other useful actions should be:

• More important than seeming fluent in that language (and lose a part of the message) is to ask clearly from the beginning to be spoken clearly and slowly enough.
• If authorized by his counterpart, also recording the conversation may be useful, for example when talking about important things.
• If possible (for the posterity) try to identify those words or phrases that made difficult the conversation. Sometimes, when you don't understand a part of a message spoken in a language you do speak, it's due to words you don't already know (or whose pronunciation you thought was a bit different).