Thursday, September 26, 2013
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
The BBC dialogues
Informal greetings
Alright
Matt, how’s it going?
Yeah, no
trouble, how about you alright?
Yeah, not
bad.
Hey Jane, how you
doing?
Good thanks, and
you?
Yeah, not bad, not
bad.
Morning!
Hi! How’s
it going?
Good
thanks – you?
Yeah,
fine.
Formal greetings
Good morning, Mr
Jones.
Hello, James. How
are you?
I’m very well,
thank you. How are you?
Fine, thank you.
Hello
Madeleine. It's lovely to see you again: how are you?
Hello,
Angus. I’m very well, thank you. It's been a long time, hasn't it? How are
things with you?
Introductions
Hello, excuse me…
I’m sorry, I don’t mean to interrupt…um, I just wanted to introduce myself, um,
I’m Bob Reddington from Reddington Papers.
Oh, hello, nice to
meet you. I don’t believe we’ve met before.
Um, no we haven’t.
I have seen you from afar at a- I think it was one of Charles’s pool parties.
Uh, good
evening, um, Mr Jones, isn’t it?
That’s
right, yes, hello.
Hi, it’s
a lovely party you’ve put on here.
Oh, well,
glad you’re enjoying it!
I don’t think we’ve
actually met formally yet.
No, no I don’t
think we have.
My name’s Miss
Smith and I work in accounts.
Oh,
professor Kostenko, have you met my colleague, Mrs Chapman?
Hello Mrs
Chapman, pleased to meet you.
Hello
Professor, very nice to meet you too.
Professor Kostenko,
there’s someone I’d like you to meet, it’s Mrs Chapman.
Hello, Mrs Chapman,
it’s a pleasure to meet you.
Likewise.
Small talk during
greetings
Alright
Matt! How’s it going?
Yeah, no
trouble. How about you - alright?
Yeah, not
bad! I haven’t seen you for ages!
No, no –
I’ve been busy…
Hello, Carrie! You
alright?
Oh, hi Neil! Yeah,
I’m fine thanks. How are you?
Great, what’ve you
been up to?
Oh, this and
that…just the usual! What about you?
What are
you doing around here?
Oh, I was
just popping into the shop down the road there.
Hi Sandra! How are
you?
Good thanks!
Your hair looks
great!
Oh, thank you! And
I love your dress!
I really
like this pub.
It’s a
lovely hotel, isn’t it?
Hi, lovely to see
you. Did you come here by car?
Hi John!
Matt!
Good to see you! How was the journey?
It’s lovely weather
today, isn’t it?
What awful weather
we’re having!
Isn’t all this
sunshine great!
It’s turned very
cold suddenly, hasn’t it?
Saturday, September 21, 2013
Listening tasks
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CUES THAT HELPED YOU UNDERSTAND
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DIFFICULTIES
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Vocabulary
Word boundaries
Fast input
Tune out due to difficulties in vocabulary
Difficult topics
Many different voices
Accents
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