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A No. and 1t 1sn't a memory test So when I choose the A Oh nght, so I wouldn't have to spend too much t1me go1ng
extract. what features do I need to thmk about? through the content to f1nd something
T Um. first I'd say piCk something well. someth1ng that's T No. whereas the one on Intonation pat~rns was a lot
about a paragraph long but that makes sense out of the longer. Well, you've got a few to choose from there .
context of the lecture.
A So whatever I choose. I'll need to type 1t out and g1ve
A R1ght - a clear. well-structured passage them a copy each and then get them to record themselves
read1ng the paragraph aloud
T Yes. because to read something well. you've got to be able
to understand 1t, haven't you? T Yes - g1ve them about ten mmutes to prepare You can
record 1n next Tuesday's class 1f you like
A Yes. that m1ght mean tak1ng a while to make the select1on
.. I guess 1t shouldn't cons1st ent1rely of short words! A Oh thanks Do we have the equipment?
T No - that's an obv1ous one You need to th1nk about what T That's also Important- yes' They could use mob1le
features of pronunc1at1on you're go1ng to focus on Then phones. couldn't they? Though the sound qual1ty may not
make sure that your extract has examples of these be good on all of them.
A So some mult1-syllable words Th1ngs like probably and A Technology can be unreliable at times but OK
approxtmately
T Well, we can also bnng 1n some of the department's d1g1tal
T Yes - some challenges! And then there's sentence length recorders You JUSt need to book those m advance.
A Mmm - I should Include some complex sentences so that A OK. thanks.
the students have to show they know where to pause.
T Well, good luck, and let me know 1f you need any more
T Exactly I wouldn't worry about how many sentences help It Will certainly be mterestmg to look at your findmgs
there are - but what you do need are some obv10us ma1n afterwards
po1nts
A Thanks, Dr White
A So that they can stress thmgs?
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T Yes, particular words or phrases should stand out as
s1gn1ficant You know, we've already covered th1s 1n our Abi A couple of years ago, I went on hol1day w1th a fnend to
classes over the weeks Windsor Um. the reason why we chose Windsor IS that
I've got an aunt who lives there. She's been liv1ng there for
COl Track 11 20 years now And. well. I've always enJoyed travelling
Tutor Now. let me see. Is there a lecture that I could I've always wanted to go to the UK At the time. my fnend
recommend for you? and I had JUSt fin1shed our exams at school and we were
wa1t1ng to go to un1vers1ty. It was the summer break, and
Amanda What about the one you did at the start of term
she 1nv1ted us to v1s1t her, so we dec1ded to go
on, on the history of English?
Before we went. we h1red a car, wh1ch we picked up when
T Yes. you could go for that - 1t had a lot of 1nformat1on
we reached the a1rport I remember 1t was a bnght green
wh1ch was clearly sequenced and presented, so you
Mln1 We drove 1t stra1ght to my aunt's house m Windsor
m1ght find a n1ce chunk you can use The top1c's a b1t dull.
and left 1t outside for a day or two Th1s was because she
though
lived 111 the centre of town and most places.
A Uh-huh I guess 1t's good to use someth1ng enJoyable like Windsor Castle. were easy to reach on foot However.
T Yes, you m1ght as well You have a cho1ce. so um . the one morn1ng we took a tnp to a gallery There was an art
lecture on gestures and signs certainly went down well. exhibition that I wanted to see. So we set off. but after half
an hour, 'bang' - we had a flat tyre Now. unfortunately.
A Oh, I really l1ked that one, but I'm not sure that the content
neither of us knew how to change a tyre So the next th1ng
IS related to what I'm domg.
we did was to call the emergency serv1ces and explain
T Mmm Does that matter? OK- there's the one on the Situation Well. I speak fa1rly good English, but I didn't
1ntonat1on patterns - I d1dn't take long to put that together. know how to say tyre and I was on the phone, so that
though 1t m1ght be a b1t made 1t worse I JUSt had to keep say1ng 'We've got a
problem w1th the wheel · And dunng all thiS, my fnend
A . the top1c's certa1nly more closely l1nked to the whole
was mak1ng hand s1gnals at me and eventually I JUSt sa1d
area of pronunciatiOn
'Flat' Well, 1t was amaz1ng . as soon as I sa1d that word,
T OK. so could be good JUSt watch out m case there are she went 'Oh nght, I understand' Twenty m1nutes later.
too many examples or models a recovery van arnved and fixed our flat tyre. w1th no
A The ass1gnment after that lecture was fun charge So - what have I learned from th1s expenence? It
was a difficult Situation, but ever s1nce then, I've known
T What about language and rhythm? That was one of my
that a flat 1n English means 'a flat tyre' 1
m1n1-lectures

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